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I hate how everything requires you to download a shitty proprietary data harvesting app nowadays when everything can be done just fine without an app. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MagneticFusion@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I have recently started a new position and am required to use an app that has three Facebook trackers, one of them being a Facebook location tracker according to Exodus App Privacy in order to get your food when it would literally work perfectly fine ordering to a real cashier or shit even a website rather than having to download an app.

I have also read many stories of people that live in apartments that require them to use a mobile app for god damn LAUNDRY. All you need, is a card reader, and it will work perfectly fine like it has been for the longest time.

Privacy concerns aside, it is just annoying that you need this app and that app and this app and that app and it just clutters space on your phone. Security concerns too as now they have all of this additional info on you online, such as your phone number your email your real name, instead of just your credit card info like a card reader would have. And I am willing to guarantee that their security model is absolute horseshit because they have such a small team of engineers working on the app and the servers.

Literal enshitification

Magne

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[–] Krakova@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago (7 children)

My apartment “upgraded” us to digital locks and now we have to use an app to unlock our door. I was so pissed the entire time they were installing them. I don’t like the idea that the locks could run out of battery and keep us out, and I feel much more insecure in my apt. It also feels like our comings and goings can be spied on now. I hate this future.

[–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 12 points 1 year ago

The worst part of that is if your apartment management company gets phished then that person can now get into everyone’s apartment without setting off red flags to other residents since they can just unlock and walk right in.

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

Also annoying: you can't leave the house without your tracking device anymore :/

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I installed something similar at my house, just a keypad, not app connected. It's awesome. But a key will still unlock it. They are wonderful if it's not connected to the Internet.

[–] Magnergy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Someday appliances will probably try to get us to buy their art of electric sheep too.

[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I once had a dorm room lock run out of battery. It is beyond annoying, I'm sorry for your loss.

[–] foofly@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I had the same thing happen. I also found out that's if I kicked the door hard enough the lock gave way rather than brake.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Electric locks are supposed to fail safe. So if they run out of battery, they should remain open, not closed.

[–] Sendbeer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That does not sound awesome either. I Leave the apartment locked up, return to find the front door wide open because the battery died while I was out getting milk.

My keypad lock has a regular lock as a backup... Why not just do that.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Because your house getting robbed is better than you being trapped inside when there's a fire.

But yes, a lock and key is better.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully you're looking at different place now