• __init__@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    I will (and have been) doing my absolute to avoid buying any kind of physical device that requires an app to function

    Same. It’s becoming more difficult every day.

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      1 month ago

      And that’s so sad. There are a lot of (mainly Elderly people) who don’t even have a smartphone who now often can’t use the most basic stuff necessary because it needs an app.

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        A lot of this stuff is only useful if you have money, anyway. And poverty rates among the elderly have been climbing since the Housing Crash of '08