Whenever I buy clothes they always end up getting holes quickly, I burn through socks fast, my bags keep breaking, my phones magically shit themselves and my chargers melt. I'm sick of everything being a wear part and I'm wondering where people get things that last.

  • alexandra_kollontai [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    any food or grocery things that give you coupons are probably doing background stuff consistently

    Is there any way to tell if they're doing stuff and restrict them? With or without root?

    • Dickey_Butts [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      You basically just have to assume that they are doing crap in the background unless you get one of those de-googled custom roms that runs google play crap in a sandbox.

      I gained like 10% battery per day by uninstalling a few of them.

    • Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      telling if they're doing stuff

      I think foss apps like Netguard and Trackercontrol would be useful to use if they connect to the net.

      Restrict them

      The same apps can be used to restrict connections.

      Android app preferences can be used to restrict background data and background battery usage too.

      And if you want to remove unwanted apps that can't be directly uninstalled, you can use the Android debloater.

    • the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      I wish I knew, I gave up on figuring it out and decided it would be easier to just delete all the apps and only reinstall them briefly when I need them.