If an app abuses the privilege of being able to show me notifications, badges or anything, that privilege will be swiftly revoked.
Same. Thankfully android now makes apps ask permission. I never really press "yes" unless I exclusively want that
100% agree, not sure if you are referring to a particular app but,food delivery apps are #1 suspect. I h8 it
Any gas pump that starts playing an ad when you start pumping gas should be set on fire with the manager who approved the decision standing within the blast radius.
I just wanna say that as someone who designs user interfaces for a living, I always do whatever I can to play with UI/UX in my normal life.
At a gas station, playing ads, I always start tapping and holding the little buttons near the screen. Almost always holding 2 across from each other goes into a mode where it shuts up, and continues pumping. Plus it's like a fun little arms race of a game for me.
The managers probably have zero say. The franchise owner probably gets a kickback so to them it’s a no brainer
Then put them next to it. Whoever is responsible for signing off on that deal.
It shouldn't be considered a "no brainier". We're there to purchase gasoline in exchange for money. Our mere presence somewhere doesn't grant people the right to shove shit into our eyes and ears. It's an attack on our personal solace, and I fucking hate it. It should be illegal. It seriously diminishes our happiness and sense of peace. "It's just business" is a poor fucking excuse for making people's lives worse in exchange for a little money for you personally. It's amoral, and we need to start punishing that attitude. It has gone way too far already, and it will continue going deeper into the realms of intrusion until society's attitudes about it begin to change.
Na, but it is a guaranteed way to having your notifications permission revoked.
Tangentially related, but I've had a "Tap here to accept the Samsung terms of service" notification for years now. I always swipe it away. I swear they always show it right after I had a bunch of other notifications to make me more likely to tap it. I have thus made it my life's mission to never accept it.
When I had a Samsung they'd always pop that up when I was driving and needed to access the GPS, so I never had time to actually see what it was trying to make me agree to, and it wouldn't let me proceed until I did it. That's actually one of the reasons I switched off of Samsung products.
Making me look at an ad without first getting my written consent should be a felony.
Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to request permission. Expect 6 to 8 weeks for delivery of response.
Although I agree, I hope that you are also taking a look at the configuration of the allowed notifications for the app. I review that every time some shit like that happens.
Easy solution don't install spyware and malware on your phone. Use web apps if you really have to use that trash.
Vote with you fucking feet jfc
I'm stuck at step zero: getting a phone that's mine
pixel with grapheneOS will get you as close to that as possible practically.
