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

  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    2 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.

  • omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This reminds me, I updated Android the other day and now my phone is running like shit. Damn planned obsolescence

  • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
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    2 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.

  • RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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    2 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

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    2 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.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Everything on F-Droid is open source. Someone will just fork an app if the current maintainer starts pushing negative stuff into the app.

  • Elaine Cortez@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 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

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

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

  • Heathcliff@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Hmm, I have the Xiaomi Home app installed but never seen any ads. Maybe because my DNS is blocking certain ad-servers? I use the app because we have an air purifier and robot vacuum from them. They work perfectly fine without the app too, but sometimes it’s very convenient to remotely control them.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devOP
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      2 months ago

      On an old 6X (MiA2) I had, after the first updates post unboxing, Themes, Gallery and Calculator would show ads, either full screen or those on the bottom of the screen

  • whysteria@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I disabled updates for Blender and keep another old version for modding purposes I also refuse to update mobile discord since I heard the layout was changing. IDK what discord mobile is supposed to look like anymore, it also stopped letting me use the nitro discord themes a while ago. I’m on a version from Sept 2023 :x

  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    2 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.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    iTunes was better before they got rid of Party Shuffle. It’s such a good feature and I continue to be frustrated than no other music player offers something similar.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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        2 months ago

        The three big differences are these:

        • It doesn’t shuffle a playlist, it adds to a queue by pulling from a playlist at random. This means that if the playlist changes, eg. because it’s a smart playlist, you get the new songs added to the queue later.

        • You can change the playlist it pulls from without interrupting playback or resetting the queue.

        • It keeps track of which songs were just played as well as what is about to be played.

        It has other great features that are present in some or most other apps. But the third thing I’ve only seen in one other app, the first two in none.

        • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I really miss party shuffle. I swear it used to have a feature where other people could add songs to your party shuffle too?

          That’s one feature I wish would come back to streaming services

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 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.