| ▲ | chc4 8 hours ago |
| I saw a Mastodon tweet a while ago, which went something like: Do tech companies understand consent?: - [ ] Yes - [ ] Ask me again in a few days |
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| ▲ | usefulposter 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Hey, that sounds like Signal! https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/4590 >We're not going to remove the reminders. >If you don't want to provide that access, you still don't need to – you can simply tap remind me later once a month (See also: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/4373, https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/5809, ...) |
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| ▲ | littlecranky67 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I get their point that you can't provide a "No" in the reminder. But there should be an option (maybe even hidden under "advanced settings - here be dragons!") for this. | | | |
| ▲ | stackghost 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Signal is an interesting case study in UX failure. I and a bunch of other tech forward people were on it in its heyday but after they removed SMS support and implemented shitty UX like that nag dialog: Neither I nor a single person I know uses it any more. Everyone is on Whatsapp or iMessage. It may be cryptographically superior, but does that matter at the end of the day if nobody uses it? | | |
| ▲ | ale42 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Cryptographical superiority aside, Signal doesn't collect personal data, unlike Whatsapp. For me that's the main reason to use it. The UX is good enough, although some points can for sure be improved. | | |
| ▲ | alex1138 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Whatsapp should be a non starter. What Mark Zuckerberg did to Whatsapp should be required reading for anyone using the internet, and then decide if you still want to use Facebook (never mind, they build a shadow profile for you anyway) "It's time. Delete Facebook" isn't subtle https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive... | | |
| ▲ | mystraline an hour ago | parent [-] | | That needs spelled out. Delete: Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Meta, Threads, Manus. Most people think of Facebook and Messenger when they see "Delete Facebook". Thats also why the rest dont have Meta or FB in their name. |
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| ▲ | nxtbl 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Sounds like they just don't care about privacy, do they?
Guess showing them https://i.redd.it/0imry50rxy961.png still won't change anything.. | |
| ▲ | direwolf20 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | WhatsApp isn't any better, it's just more popular. | |
| ▲ | TheChaplain 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > It may be cryptographically superior, but does that matter at the end of the day if nobody uses it? I've made a few attempts to convert people, but no-go. People stay on Telegram and WhatsApp because they have better UX and features. Signal refuses to see the value in good attractive UX. |
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| ▲ | littlecranky67 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This. We must change laws that the above field is not considered as given consent. And while we are at it, we must change "silence is agreement" to "silence is disagreement". This applies to change of ToS, price increases etc. That means if I don't click a link with a button "I agree", the ToS change is not accepted - that means they have to cancel/delete my account. |
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| ▲ | bayindirh 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Didn't FCC remove "1-click unsubscribe" requirement since it can "provide more choice and lower prices to all users across the board" (since the companies can rip off more users and create pseudo-lower prices)? EU has its GPDR and it has some teeth, but US is currently hopeless on that front, for now, from my vantage point. I'd love to be stand corrected though. | |
| ▲ | lelanthran 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > And while we are at it, we must change "silence is agreement" to "silence is disagreement". Maybe we should reframe their "silence is agreement" message as "silence is consent". |
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| ▲ | zombot 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| They ran out of letter "o" supply, so they can't spell "no". |
