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Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrun (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Open source social media app: 30MB full size.

Privative social media app: 300MB install + 500 MG data full size 700MG

Go figure. I could have thousand of apps. If they were not packed with intrusive software to get all my data and to lock the company IP.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I use the Voyager Web App lol, only gotta store browser cache and cookies. Take that private social media!