• tyftler@feddit.deDeutsch
        7·
        1 year ago

        I stopped using programs like etcher for flashing iso’s after i found out you can just run

        cp /path/to/your/file/example.iso /dev/[insert device here]

        For example

        sudo cp ./Downloads/archlinux-2023-09-01.iso /dev/sdb

        I love it because it just works on any linux machine, always. Of course, this is maybe not fit for your usecase.

        You can also use dd, tee or even echo, the archwiki has a good section on flashing iso’s.

        • aksdb@feddit.de
          2·
          1 year ago

          I always love the many little implications of this genius “everything is a file”-architecture. Thank you Ken Thompson.

      • darcy@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        1 year ago

        does Ventoy work for your use case ? write the ventoy image onto the usb, then you can copy/paste .iso files onto it without formatting. real neat for booting different systems from a single usb

      • Event_Horizon@lemmy.ml
        74·
        1 year ago

        App permissions required:

        • name
        • address
        • contacts
        • financials
        • life history
        • kinks
        • current relationship status
      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
        6·
        1 year ago

        I regularly use apps that haven’t been updated for longer, and 20-year-old PC programs. The worse thing is if old versions are purposefully deprecated too early, I don’t have Play Store.

        • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          This is fine for apps that don’t use remote APIs and aren’t actively having breaking changes made to them on a regular basis, but that doesn’t apply to most of these nagging “use our app!” companies.

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      34·
      1 year ago

      Side rant: I refuse to download the McDonald’s app. That’s the first question they ask (and increasingly, any fast food joint asks) when you roll through the drive through. “Are you using the app today?”

      No I’m not fucking using the app today. I just want an ice cream cone. Ok!? I don’t need or want to download another goddamned app and manage another set of credentials when it takes me less time to say, “Can I please have an ice cream cone?” And for you to respond with, “I’m sorry but our ice cream machine is broken.” than it does for me to order a fucking ice cream cone on the stupid app.

      I mean hells bells I’m a software engineer. I make my living designing [often unnecessary] software [which provides little tangible benefit]. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to have an app to go through a fast food drive through or use household appliances. I will die on this hill. Ok, maybe not die, but I will be severely wounded on this hill.

      • DragonAce@lemmy.world
        20·
        1 year ago

        My view as a sys admin is I’m not going to risk the security of my mobile device just so they can scour my personal information and collect marketing data on me and send it god knows where and claim its to “make ordering easier”. I just want to order my fucking food, not have my fucking identity stolen because I wanted a cheeseburger.

      • littlecolt@lemm.ee
        6·
        1 year ago

        Ironically, I find McDonald’s has one of the better reward systems in their app. I also enjoy being able to punch in my order on a screen with any modifications I want such as extra pickle, no lettuce, etc… instead of relying on the shitty speaker to pick it up only to hear a guy be like “Did you say cherry coke?” “No, diet coke” ugh

        Also free fries on Friday.

      • PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbtEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I have an app for my smart scale and I like it. It can be hard to see the number with my glasses off, but the app saves it for me. The app also has the bodyfat% and other metrics available, which wouldn’t fit on a digital screen.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    37·
    1 year ago

    My doctor’s office has done this to me when I’ve called in to get help with a prescription issue I was having. Literally just gave me instructions for how to message my doctor through the app. 🫠 Mfer I’m calling because I don’t want to use it! It sucks ass too because it always takes like a week to get a one sentence reply that only addresses half of what I asked.

  • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    If you download the app anyway, make sure that the first thing you do is to disable the notifications. Many apps have that as their sole purpose.

  • genoxidedev1@kbin.social
    17·
    1 year ago

    Thankfully there aren’t as many great mobile webpages left anymore that I would really care about if they made me use their app. Pre-Edit: I think thankfully is the wrong word.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
      15·
      1 year ago

      Still, it’s storage and heckin’ executables on your device. Everyone should get an option to use a website, even if just a poorly laid-out one, unless the vast majority of users only interact in a way that only works with local executables (like video calls). You should not need an app to check an IKEA order status on your phone (yes, they do that, see my other comment).

      And I’m aware that video calls on some platforms can - and do - work in browsers but I won’t blame anyone who rejects their boss’s proposal to create a video call app in HTML/CSS/JS.

      • genoxidedev1@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Agreed. My comment was more meant as an affront towards what mobile webpages are becoming in general. I only ever browse on my phone if there really is no other option at all.

        Years of using the Links browser in my youth might have shaped my views though.

  • ritchie@lemmy.world
    16·
    1 year ago

    Most of us would probably just be fine with PWAs, but the marketing branch says no… They need everything possible about you, need the app to run at startup and send you notifications at least every 4 hours…

      • ritchie@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        There’s the info you are willingly sharing through the app, no permission for that. There are really a few apps that require no permissions, usually they always need access to something. E.g. the LG app for washing machines that will only run if you register and account AND give permission to make phone calls, when you only want to download washing programs…

    • XTornado@lemmy.ml
      6·
      1 year ago

      Idk Amazon web works fine, I usually use the app but I don’t remember having issues with the web.

      • Pantherina@feddit.de
        21·
        1 year ago

        They for sure dislike secure browsers. Also the UI in general is horrible, of the website on Desktop too. Its blurry? The App on the other hand looks good

        • interolivary@beehaw.org
          1·
          1 year ago

          They for sure dislike secure browsers

          What do you mean with this? I haven’t used Amazon in a while so I have no idea what shenanigans they’ve gotten up to

            • XTornado@lemmy.ml
              2·
              1 year ago

              Really? I haven’t seen that. No Captchas ever I think.

              The phone number could be for the 2FA but no idea, I don’t think I have seen it, for 2FA I have the usual authenticator, that said they have my phone for sure at least for shipping but maybe I did get asked for it and I don’t remember, they have it for shipping anyway so…

              But logged out… no issues there if anything it works like Facebook where not sure what they have but the session last forever…

              Of course I am using my Amazon from Spain there might be differences, like just due the laws alone I expect differences on the American one.

              • Pantherina@feddit.de
                1·
                1 year ago

                Delete all cookies but exceptions in the firefox privacy settings

                Set security mode to strict

                Use noscript and you know what they do, remove all the allowed ones and all scripts from default, disable “LAN” and “others” from “trusted” and opt-in manually

                Privacy is manual work. Noscript is great, but for sure takes getting used to.

  • crimsdings@lemmy.world
    184·
    1 year ago

    I am the head of a large banking app / web in Europe. We have about 40 MiO logins per month, 39 (edit: millions) are done with the app.

    Personally I would prefer the web version of everything important like banking always - but the customers are all preferring apps. So yea guess where I allocate my budget.

    It sucks but that’s how people operate these days

  • HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com
    8·
    1 year ago

    For me the hierarchy goes something like this: Floss native app (dt & mobile) > floss electron app (dt & mobile) > website > non-floss app

  • Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m having a decent experience with progressive web apps. Even posting now with a PWA for Lemmy. It’s given me a bit more control over the bloat and background processes that might be there unwitting to me. Or requiring me to investigate . I don’t enable background notifications or anything like that however. I also direct my DNS traffic thru PiHole but that’s another conversation.