Yeah I have a Samsung phone and have never had this problem so I’m guessing it’s carrier stuff and op is unkowongly placing blame on the wrong company here
I wish manufacturers didn’t allow carriers to install junk on their phone.
On the other hand, this is how carriers can give you a good deal on a phone… They have to subsidise it by making deals with the companies that make apps like these.
If they have to trick you by installing unwanted apps on your phone, where you don’t even know it’s them doing it, then it sounds more like a scam than a great deal.
I agree. That’s unfortunately how it is today though - either you pay full price for an unlocked phone (which some people can’t afford), or you get junk apps on it. You can usually disable the junk apps at least.
It’s been happening lately on my S22 Ultra. Very annoying. If I didn’t think I’d brick my phone, I would root it. Well first I would figure out what rooting is… :\
One of the drawbacks of rooting is that it might keep you from using certain apps like banking apps because they see this as a security risk.
I fucking hate how banks have taken security to be as intrusive but never secure. Fucking plane text card numbers and no 2fa or confirmation of purchases and limited ability to stop usage besides ordering a new card is fucking lazy at this point.
That might be your bank. My bank is as annoying as you describe, but it is as secure as you’re saying it should be. 2FA, they hold up suspicious purchases to see if it’s really me, I can lock and unlock my cards from the app. Smaller banks tend to be the way to go, or credit unions if you have a good one nearby.
All those disclaimers are out there for liability purposes. It is highly unlikely that you will brick your phone as long as you follow the instructions and avoid making any modifications to the way the hardware runs (do not overclock, do not underclock etc).
Maybe she just knows how much you love petrol smell and thought it might be a nice treat for you to go and sniff it yourself. She didn’t want to take that experience away from you, OP, and this is how you repay her?!
I wish that all the damn news sites would band together and make a Spotify for news. Or just let me pay a few cents for each article. I’m not gonna go subscribe to 50 news sites.
Reminds me of an incident in my life, but it was more of a nononowhat?
I am just undeniably Jewish. If you think of a stereotypical (non-orthodox) Jewish guy, you would think of someone who looks like Woody Allen. I’m that level of “looks Jewish.”
So I’m walking down the street and a guy stops and rolls down his window and says, “hey brother, white power!” and drives off. I would have been offended if I didn’t look the way I do, but I was just baffled.
I think “polycentric” is a better term than “decentralized.”
Every instance is a center, and is vulnerable to failure and corruption like any service provider. But at least we have a choice of instances, and there isn’t a single point of failure for the whole network.
I don’t think you quite understand what ‘decentralized’ means. Decentralization means there’s no central server, implying no data collection, no restrictions or moderation, and no banning.
Furthermore, it won’t corrupt when a single node breaks down. This is because a decentralized network is essentially built by all users within the network. Whenever one user quits or a node breaks down, there are always other nodes/users available to maintain the network. That’s the essence of a decentralized network.
Because it’s polycentric. Each instance is a center. When an instance goes down, it takes all its users and data with it.
I know people around here aren’t fond of cryptocurrency, but bitcoin is what I’d consider a truly decentralized system. Nothing is lost to the network when a bitcoin node goes down. As long as you have your private key, you can spend from any node, and you don’t even need a node to receive.
I believe it’s helpful to distinguish between the two types of systems.
A federated network is inherently decentralized, because the network can continue to operate in a diminished state after a node goes dark. Your local government and electric grid are decentralized.
I think you’re mixing up “Decentralized” with “Distributed.” A distributed network operates at full capacity as long as at least one node has (the majority of) the network’s content. git and torrent are distributed.
Well, as long as a distinction is made. I appreciate the information. I still feel that “decentralized” should be replaced with “polycentric,” but I’ll accept that “decentralized” is the standard term for a system with multiple centers.
Implying no data collection, no restrictions or moderation, and no banning
That is absolutely incorrect. All of those things can and do exist but it is dependent on each instance. There isn’t a single entity controlling those things, each fediverse instance decides for themselves. One instance could collect everything you do, restrict what you post, moderate what users post and comment, and ban users as they please.
I mean, they're practically interchangeable words. They mean fairly the same thing. Polycentric is decentralized. You can use that word if it works for you, but decentralized is still correct.
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