@pndc on Nostr: npub198t8k…5hasj npub19lt42…6qfjk The claim that "Apps usually use less data than ...
npub198t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszss5hasj (npub198t…hasj) npub19lt4284mghqxekzm6n5njxurnxrxhqhrva2leusdsuu5ja5jeycq66qfjk (npub19lt…qfjk) The claim that "Apps usually use less data than websites" fails to account for the hundreds of megabytes to download the application and each time it forces an update. The likely counter is "you can download the app when you have wifi", but of course you can also use the website over that same wifi.
I have stopped using Signal completely now: every time I tried to use it, it complained that it had expired and I needed to download the update. (Because it is security-critical that I have the ability to send animated emoji, or something.) So the cost to avoid spending €0.12 on a SMS is a ~€2 download. Yeah, I'll get right onto that and not just fall back to SMS instead. Yeah, I downloaded the update when on wifi, but guess what? The next time I tried to use it, they'd decided that the new version had now expired. (I guess they needed to pivot to cryptocurrency, or AI, or other bandwagon which has no place in a text messaging application.)
There is also the very minor detail that phones have tiny screens and fiddly keyboards, and government service users tend not to be twentysomethings with perfect eyesight and excenllent fine motor control. But hey, if the government wants to stick two fingers up at the one remaining demographic which hasn't overwhelmingly decided to kick them out at the next election, that's up to them.
I have stopped using Signal completely now: every time I tried to use it, it complained that it had expired and I needed to download the update. (Because it is security-critical that I have the ability to send animated emoji, or something.) So the cost to avoid spending €0.12 on a SMS is a ~€2 download. Yeah, I'll get right onto that and not just fall back to SMS instead. Yeah, I downloaded the update when on wifi, but guess what? The next time I tried to use it, they'd decided that the new version had now expired. (I guess they needed to pivot to cryptocurrency, or AI, or other bandwagon which has no place in a text messaging application.)
There is also the very minor detail that phones have tiny screens and fiddly keyboards, and government service users tend not to be twentysomethings with perfect eyesight and excenllent fine motor control. But hey, if the government wants to stick two fingers up at the one remaining demographic which hasn't overwhelmingly decided to kick them out at the next election, that's up to them.