Re:No user accounts, by design
by toastal on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:26PM
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How many apps do you need installed (and why)? I feel like I'm a pretty heavy user, but if I forget to update for a week at most I have 6 apps to manually click through. It seems likes an insignificant gripe considering the other alternatives (Play Store, Amazon, Huawei, etc)
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Re:No user accounts, by design
by freddie_mercury on Monday February 28, 2022 @09:43PM
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These are the apps on my phone that have updated in the past 7 days:Facebook
Google
Instagram
Pocket
Subway/public transit app (see how much money I have left on the cards)
Grab (an Uber competitor where I live)
YouTube
Google Maps
A bank app
Signal
Google Calendar
GMail
Android Auto
Agoda, a hotel booking app
Dropbox
Netflix
AirBnB
A second bank app
A boardgame helper app
Uber
TripIt
Microsoft ToDo
Shopping app for the baby store we order diapers and formula from every few days
Spotify
Proton calendar
Facebook Messenger
Google Docs
Google Photos
Google Voice
Google Sheets
You Need A Budget
Tiktok
Shopee, an online shopping app I use nearly every day
My country's covid vaccine tracking app
Google Translate
From F-Droid? Are you not choosing Aurora store? (Yes, I know what those apps are, I'm in the same region and time zone as you)
Re:No user accounts, by design
by freddie_mercury on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @12:12AM
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Not from F-Droid. I was just replying to the parent's claim that normal people don't need a lot of apps.
If I don't have a laptop or desktop, why wouldn't I have a lot of apps on my phone?
That wasn't what I was asking though... I was talking specifically about the number of apps through F-Droid. They don't seem to require updates every two days unlike the Grab superapp.