Quicky
@Quicky@lemmy.world
- Comment on Are dating apps a fraud since the beginning? 5 days ago:
Without wanting to sound patronising, dating apps absolutely do work, but it’s the users that make them work. If your profile photos are shit, or your chat is uninteresting or unfunny, you’re not going to succeed.
I’m a middle-aged male divorcee who’d been off and on Tinder for about 4 years, and I’d describe myself as average-looking, but I met a number of women on it. Without the dating apps, my in-person shyness would have prevented me from meeting anyone. They were an absolute godsend for me.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
Still there mate
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
Ha probably not, but you never know. I bet they can determine my ideologies from the publications I’ve blocked on Apple News +, but who knows what they use to build up a profile.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
Yeah no doubt. If I were Dan though, I’d just change it before it got to that point. Pixelfed has only actually had this redesigned logo for a few months, and the app has only just been pushed out of beta, so it’s not like it’s an established recognisable brand to lose.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
IANAL but I reckon there’s enough similarity for Pokyend to consider chatting to their legal team. The Pixelfed logo is also actually black on the apps, similar to the point where they’re just about the same if you squint.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
Yeah as I say, I know why it’s there, and that you will see different ones. It just caught my eye because of the likely wildly different ideals of the two apps’ customers.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
Yeah I understand why it’s there, and that you will see different ones. Just posting here because its target demographics are likely comically different from those that are interested in Pixelfed.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
Oh wow, they’re almost identical. That may come back to bite Dan on the ass.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
I haven’t done that many Nazi-related things recently, so if it is targeted, there’s something off with Apple’s algorithm.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 1 week ago:
iOS vs Android, and region I expect. Although I’m in the UK, and I can’t imagine it’s that popular here.
- Submitted 1 week ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 129 comments
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
My money’s on Chappers filling in.
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
Cheers - this would work, but first requires whitelisting all the sources you’re happy to see news from, rather than simply not showing you news from sources you’ve blocked.
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
I mean, this is specifically mildly infuriating, and there are other positives to it.
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
Fair enough. Although I would say that the magazine aspect (which I use it for primarily) couldn’t really adhere to that. The printed publications that you’d buy in a newsagent contain printed ads. I’m not saying it’s good, but it’s not different. Paper copy or digital, you’re getting ads with whichever one you pay for.
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
Isn’t it the publications themselves that contain the ads rather than the app itself?
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
Well now I’m going to have to try it aren’t I.
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
Not sure I’d agree, as the sources are configurable, but this sort of shit is far from a great user experience.
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
Apple Arcade for me
- Comment on Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space. 2 months ago:
To be fair, the magazines available on News+ are great. I have Apple One because it covers all the household’s music/storage/fitness solutions for a reasonable price (considering how many people are on my subscription). News+ is included, and the list of magazine subscriptions bundled within it is surprisingly extensive. The app’s not perfect though, as this crappy design shows.
- Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space.lemmy.world ↗Submitted 2 months ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 49 comments
- Comment on Pay us, or let us sell your info to 1200 partners 3 months ago:
Not worth giving them the traffic
- Comment on Pay us, or let us sell your info to 1200 partners 3 months ago:
It’s the fucking Daily Mail, and should be completely avoided anyway.
- Comment on In honor of the start spooky season (yay!), I have a question about an apparently beloved spooky meme/skit. What about "David S. Pumpkins" is so funny? 4 months ago:
As a Brit, I have to agree. So many of the skits that have been shared over the years are terrible, and I have to wonder if it’s a cultural divide.
On the other hand, the weekend update where the guys swap jokes is some of the best comedy I’ve seen.
- Comment on "Quick" security check... I had to do 15 of these... 4 months ago:
If you replace a word with it’s synonym, will it still have the same meaning
- Comment on How many comics need to be sold for a story to be considered a success? 5 months ago:
Several
- Comment on Useless Calendar Widget 5 months ago:
Completely agree, this is garbage, and I’ve bitched about it in the past. Annoyingly, both the Gmail and Outlook widgets are far better, but I don’t want either of those on my phone.
- Comment on Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows? 7 months ago:
That’s why we take no chances and mow them down with blue light vehicles.
- Comment on "Hacked" Instagram 8 months ago:
None of the messages that were sent to people have appeared in the chat history for that person. Except there are two new chats in her messages to people that she doesn’t know, containing only the rogue message.
Interestingly, her entire chat history with me has been wiped.
- Submitted 8 months ago to [deleted] | 10 comments
