Samsung and Xiaomi apps on their factory defaults are mostly fine, update them once and suddenly you have ads flashing after every 2 interactions with your phone

  • raldone01@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The Phillips hue bridge app. They forced online login in the new version for “security”. I don’t see how connecting to Philipps servers is more secure than local only.

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I have wifi lights, when I move they will 100% be changed to zigbee. The cloud and iot has gone off the rails in security and convenience.

  • RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I started using BeyondPod for podcasts in 2009. At one point, they came out with an UI update that everyone hated but I was able to save an older version, I just had to avoid updating it in the store. I did that until they went out of business and it disappeared from the store a year or two ago. I’m guessing the version I still use came out in 2012

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Blokada. I downgraded to V5 and I won’t change it anytime in the foreseeable future. Whenever I can no longer use v5 I might have to find a different method of filtering ads.

    Edit: also, OP, I recommend trying Blokada 5 if ads is what’s annoying you in other apps. Blokada blocks ads on your phone, for all apps, not just a specific app.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devOP
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      11 months ago

      Is it a “decent set it and forget it” kind of blocker? Because I might try that on my girlfriend’s phone, I tried TrackerControl with her once, but it kept “breaking” some apps and she didn’t have the patience to just switch the thing off/on.

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
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        11 months ago

        It is a decent set and forget universal ad blocker, however, you need to make sure you are downloading a v5 and not the v6 or it will not work. Also, you need to deactivate it and reactivate it whenever you restart your phone, this is a minor issue but it needs that kick every time your system reboots.

        Full disclaimer though, if you are playing games or running something that relies on ads to work (ie “watch the next ad to get 50 points!” ) blokada may break these types of apps so it may not be suitable for you.

      • moonlight@fedia.io
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        11 months ago

        I don’t understand how people would rather see ads and be tracked than flip a few switches.

        That being said, I do think TC would be vastly better if it had per app defaults that guarantee that everything works out of the box.

  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I’ve still got Twitter installed on my iPhone, despite rarely ever using it in the past and having not even launched it in well over a year.

    But out of principle alone, as a form of silent protest I refuse to update it to X.

  • swerler@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Android TV launcher on my shield tv so it doesn’t get terminal advertising disease. DNS blocking hides the ones in the old version of the launcher.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Vscode always breaks something so I do it as rarely as possible. Still can’t remember a single new update or feature adding anything for me other than github copilot.

  • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    TreeSize Free (Portable), versions older than 4.7.3 can run on Windows Server and still work just fine. They added a restriction on 4.7.3 that disallows server OS.

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    11 months ago

    Fenix nightly. Mozilla removed the tab strip experiment/secret setting in current builds :c

  • ElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    OBS Studio. It’s probably a terrible idea, but I have a real Jenga tower of a setup, and any time I update it seems to break something

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    None, because I get almost all my apps from F-Droid and the repository maintainers themselves will quit making updated versions available if the app enshittifies.

    Also, I cannot imagine accepting that shit from Samsung or Xiaomi in the first place. Believe it or not, instant boycott.

  • Elaine Cortez@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Paint Tool Sai. I’m still using the 1.1.0 version that released in 2008 and I have no intention of updating to Sai 2

  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I refuse to update the Android messaging (text) app. I forget what they added to it, but my friend constantly complains about it.