Ciara@CiaraNi@mastodon.green
My phone has been so sluggish lately that at times it was almost bricked. My regular few apps would no longer work. Each one would freeze and crash every time. To avoid more enshittification and AI, I’ve been refusing to update my phone. I thought that was it but still refused to reboot. Then a thought struck me. I use DuckDuckGo's app-tracking blocker. So I tested each app. As it hung frozen, I turned off track-blocking for that specific app. And hey presto, the app immediately started working.
Ciara@CiaraNi@mastodon.green
I disliked being forced to choose between an unusable phone or companies tracking me. Especially when DuckDuckGo blocks over a thousand attempts a day to track me and my data. I was cross enough to try something. I uninstalled DuckDuckGo, which I’d originally installed through Google Play. I installed F-Droid, which I’d heard people mention on Mastodon. I installed DuckDuck Go again, but now through F-Droid. I turned on the app, tracking blocker included. And hey presto, all my apps work again.
