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[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 minutes ago

Snapchat had a simple design?

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Silly corporation thinks they can roll back one update to undo all the damage that accumulated over several years. When it‘s a „straw that broke the camel’s back“ kind of situation it‘s not enough to remove the straw.

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 45 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Its not the design. Its the ads, bots, and lack of privacy. I quit it more than a year ago

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

My sister puts her kids pics on there. I just downloaded the app so I can use the chat function to see the pics.

I denied the app access to my camera and it refuses to let me use it. I tried giving it permission and then taking it away, but it just gives a pop that won’t go away until you disable the camera.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It stopped doing that a few months back, but it still randomly asks every now and then. I wish Android could deny permanently

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve reaching a tipping point with all this data collection BS. I’m about to setup an old android and tape over the cameras to just use these apps to keep up with stuff.

[–] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Have you tried turning sensors off with developer settings? The camera stops working, I wonder if the app will notice its camera permissions are useless.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Well I’m on iOS currently, and disable the camera through privacy settings and it still does not allow me to use it.

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

They lost me when they discontinued snap cam on the computer.