I had a similar experience earlier today: i was on the web version of the Wage app (freelancing platform) and saw a banner saying they’re gonna scrap the website and force everyone to use the mobile app only
All the proprietary stuff is just getting more user-hostile by the day. like, how long before average people can’t tolerate it anymore and start switching to free stuff? i really wanna see that.
They have way more tracking and advertising options on an app and it’s harder to adblock there…
Also apps can stay active in the background etc, users just have way less control. Especially casual users will just let the apps have camera and microphone rights and whatever.
You gotta vote by leaving those platforms; It doesnt matter if you get the app, they are going down the “mine engagement data while we drive engagement” path and it leads nowhere good.
I had a similar experience earlier today: i was on the web version of the Wage app (freelancing platform) and saw a banner saying they’re gonna scrap the website and force everyone to use the mobile app only
All the proprietary stuff is just getting more user-hostile by the day. like, how long before average people can’t tolerate it anymore and start switching to free stuff? i really wanna see that.
They have way more tracking and advertising options on an app and it’s harder to adblock there…
Also apps can stay active in the background etc, users just have way less control. Especially casual users will just let the apps have camera and microphone rights and whatever.
You gotta vote by leaving those platforms; It doesnt matter if you get the app, they are going down the “mine engagement data while we drive engagement” path and it leads nowhere good.
Yeah, I actually deleted my account today (I hadn’t used it in almost a year and I only opened it again cause I got a notif)