Jan Wildeboer 😷
#AppFatigue IPA: /æp/ /fəˈtiːɡ/ (n) The tendency to NOT install new apps on your mobile phone because you finally understand that most apps should just be a website so you can seamlessly use a service on a PC, laptop, tablet or mobile device. Also a sign of distrust as apps are black boxes with access to a lot of data sources that invade your privacy in ways you can hardly quantify.
A-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSCWhen I first got a smartphone, I was install all the apps.
I quickly realised I didn't need most of them.
Now the number of apps on my phone are basically.
Disabled or removed as much of the google shit as possible.
2 banking apps
Heating system app (not full of data harvesting)
2 Solar/Battery apps ( manufacturer one has been nerfed with subscriptions, replacement allows me access to my data again) Bought the paid version of the 2nd app.
2 messaging apps (what's app for family, signal for everyone else)
Google wallet
What3Words
Netfix
Grayjay (for youtube vids)
Emby (for my home mediaserver)
Kindle (for my own ebooks, would like to replace with something else)
Musicolet - for listening to my own music stored on my own phone.
WifiFileTransferPro - To transfer files to my device over my wifi, ad/tracking free and I paid a few quid for the pro version.
Firefox web browser
Brave web browser
DuckDuckGo app with tracking protection enabled and a duck.com email address for online signups.
Tusky app for Mastodon
Ebay app
Amazon app (cancelled prime 3yrs ago) should probably delete as rarely used.
Proton VPN app.
That's basically it... there are a couple of netflix games, mahjong and solitaire I occasionally use when out and waiting for people.
All permissions are disabled for everything unless essential for the app to work, DDG app tracking blocks a lot of 3rd party attempts at data collection... but banking apps have to be disabled from DDG or they don't work.
I don't need anything else... and I could probably get rid of 10-20% of what I have.