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>>kotaKa+(OP)
I've grown increasingly hateful towards both my Android and iOS devices over the last decade. The platforms themselves are increasingly user-hostile, and their appstores are crammed full of shitty, privacy-invading, telemetry-hoovering, dopamine-triggering, ad-filled, lipstick-covered apps that are often garbage compared to the pioneering days of mobile. I miss the days of my old Palm Pilot.

Is anyone working on fixing this? We can do so much better.

>>rkager+DA
Start complaining to your government about every shitty thing the apps and OSes do, and tell your friends to do it too, eventually we may get some action on it.

>>pabs3+ye1
We are all mildly annoyed and therefore mildly motivated to fix the problem. Apple and Google are extremely highly motivated to retain the status quo. I still try to vote with my wallet but it's going to be hard to counter their well-funded lobbyists.