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hunter

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6. Friends don't let friends do apps. I've seen what they do to people.

Reply to Fla Dem (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 09:51 AM

Aug 27

Fuck, I don't even know where to find an app.

My use of computers and phones hasn't changed much since the 'eighties. I first signed onto the internet in the late 'seventies and still think browsing the web using Lynx at the San Francisco Public Library was the coolest thing ever, much different atmosphere than university computer labs.

I suppose Lynx would be called an "app" these days.

Yeah, I'm some kind of Luddite.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Fla Dem Aug 26 OP

Please, NO. Apps are a way to invade privacy. Use the web with as many privacy extensions as you can. erronis Aug 26 #1

Question Cirsium Aug 26 #2

It's what we used to call 'software' Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #4

No, but you can save a website to you "Homepage" Bristlecone Aug 26 #3

You spelled 'ass' wrong. Harker Aug 27 #5

Friends don't let friends do apps. I've seen what they do to people. hunter Aug 27 #6

Deleting post. Got my answer. Fla Dem Aug 27 #7