[ErrorNoBrain]

I prefer having as few apps as possible

so using the web is my go-to

i dont have reddit, on my phone for example.

Also, all those app icons are just "advertisement" every time you look at your phone screen... i dont need that.

if you REQUIRE me to use an app, then i'm only using it if i absolutely have to. (there's almost always an alternative)

[xxr]

>app icons are just "advertisement"

You wouldn't believe the volume of actual advertisements that show up as push notifications on my wife's phone

[AaronAPU]

These things only exist because some people just allow it. They allow it and occasionally buy something, enabling the entire hellhole we now all live in.

[userbinator]

At least relatively recent versions of Android let you turn off notifications per-app:

https://support.google.com/android/answer/9079661?hl=en

[Mengkudulangsat]

These are so infuriating they should be illegal.

Especially when they come from apps you can't delete like your bannking app.

[BrtByte]

Totally with you on this. Every extra app feels like mental clutter

[nikodunk]

I also hate obligatory mobile apps, especially when they’re linked to hardware: At the battery company I work for - pilaenergy - we’re aware that our hardware may well outlive our software, so we’re providing a mobile app that’s accessible over an WiFi access point or over your local WiFi, as well as the traditional mobile apps. This way - the software comes bundled with the hardware and can’t be sunset. Something that has long been an issue with IoT products.