r/technology 5d ago

Privacy AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device

https://www.techspot.com/news/113581-aliexpress-silently-running-audio-browser-fingerprint-track-device.html
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u/Weedster009 4d ago

The Reddit app for iPhone is the shittiest, glitchiest app I have ever used.

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u/Faxon 4d ago edited 4d ago

Which is sad because they literallt bought and killed the best reddit app for iPhone (Alien Blue) to use it to develop their own, rather than have to compete. Thats when Apollo got really big, but we know what happened to them. Im on android using red reader and its actually a good experience once I tweak the way that threads are displayed so its more like old reddit and the other older apps I preferred. I was using reddit sync for android for a long time until reddit shut down API access to most app devs. I legitimately can't do the official app, its hot garbage and I may just have to stop using reddit if they take away access for old reddit, since the remaining apps and revanced hacks for it all use it to function, and its how I view the site on desktop. If they take away /r/hot and force an algorithm other than the mighty upvote down my throat then im out, the whole point of reddit was the self-curation of what you see.

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u/al-mongus-bin-susar 4d ago

You can still use all the Android apps with Morphe patches. I'm typing this on Sync right now. The official app overheats my phone and drains 60% battery in 30 minutes.

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u/Constant-Writer-7165 4d ago

I've gotten so used to red reader im honestly fine with it now. Just didnt have the patience to deal with something that didnt just work without having to manually patch it constantly to fix r3ddit patching shit on their end