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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by jacobthesnakob on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:43PM (#46557407)
Normiefication. Normies do everything on their phones; it’s the companies meeting the masses where they are. I’ve seen people fight for their lives to do a spreadsheet on their phones when there’s a laptop they own gathering dust less than 50 feet away.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by fuzzzerd on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:21PM (#46559524)
This term needs to catch on, this is the first I've seen it, bit it explains why so many prodict decisions are made and those who know better/different are just too small a minority to get any say.

We're dragged into this kicking and screaming and yet normies think we're the crazy ones.

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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by nitwit005 on Friday January 09, 2026 @06:03PM (#46560650)
Possibly, but companies seem strangely set on getting people to install apps, even when the feedback is negative.

Offering a monetary reward for installing apps seems fairly common. Chevron had someone at my gas station offering something like $5 of free gas, plus $1 a gallon off of the next three purchases. If it was something the customers wanted, they wouldn't need to pay people to do it.

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