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The last time I checked AS, they had canceled my membership.
No idea why, other than maybe because I wasn't active?

Got some some sort of robot looking email from there recently.
Said something about a new phone app to use with them.
I just deleted it and hit the don't bother me button (once more).
I don't do phone apps anyway. I don't get along with touch screens, far too many input errors.
So I prefer to use a laptop (w/mouse) or desktop computer.
They have been really pushing this new phone app and with the responses in the original thread started by Arbor1 I had expected it to be dropped. Nope. Which makes the whole thing highly suspect, imo.
 

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Anything loaded on a cellphone just seems to be aimed at data mining.
All this week, the local TV station has been pushing harder on a "weather app" that tracks your location rather than your address... What used be considered a privacy issue has become a marketing feature now. 🫤
 

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Anything loaded on a cellphone just seems to be aimed at data mining.
All this week, the local TV station has been pushing harder on a "weather app" that tracks your location rather than your address... What used be considered a privacy issue has become a marketing feature now. 🫤
The bots are everywhere also. Every time I give out my cell phone in p.m. on here or FB messenger I get spam phone calls for the next week. The whole AI, bot, WTFever it is can fugg right off
 

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The bots are everywhere also. Every time I give out my cell phone in p.m. on here or FB messenger I get spam phone calls for the next week. The whole AI, bot, WTFever it is can fugg right off
every single time i put mine in on something i get the same calls. so i started putting in the number that comes as part of my comcast we dont have a phone attached to it
 

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Doing captchas is pretty much us doing free work for helping train them.

Based on what most commonly shows up in the captchas, If you ride a bicycle or are standing in a crosswalk? You might wanna be on the lookout for when the robots decide take over. :buenrollo:
 

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They have been really pushing this new phone app and with the responses in the original thread started by Arbor1 I had expected it to be dropped. Nope. Which makes the whole thing highly suspect, imo.
When the app idea was first put out as a question as to who would be interested, it was overwhelmingly apparent that nobody wants an app vs. just using a browser.

So armed with that information, they came out with the app 😅
 

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When the app idea was first put out as a question as to who would be interested, it was overwhelmingly apparent that nobody wants an app vs. just using a browser.

So armed with that information, they came out with the app 😅

Yep, take a poll, then ignore the results and do what you want anyway. Then insist the public demanded it. Sounds familiar, hmm...
 

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I recently heard on a podcast that apps are legally protected from any type of add-on software. That means you can’t run add blocker software on them or other interference with data mining. A click-bait nightmare like AS doesn’t want people being able to use add blockers. I hope they wasted a bunch of money building their app. Not sure how they planned to transfer the content that was the bait, but without it the whole thing just becomes a low IQ fishing scam.

Hopefully modern AI search puts AS out of our misery.
 

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I know I am just stupid. But, I find a smart phone useless for internet use. Maybe getting a phone number for a restaurant.
Everything I touch pulls up a popup. It is too small to see. Why would I want a mobile app ?
 
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