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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] profoundninja@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Please don't log my calculator inputs it's more embarrassing than my browser history is.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Worse, lots of really basic math

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Get a load of this nerd! He calculated 7 x 4

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

32, big deal

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You recently calculated 34*5+1. Do you want to buy a new washing machine?

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You recently calculated

I don’t know why but this part kills me

[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's because of the log function

[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It's was all clearly calculated.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and it's brown because of the tan function.

[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, and it's brown ~~because~~ cos of the tan function.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"Continue to use of all the numbers you love!*

Starting August 1st, numbers 9, 7 3, 2 and 0 will only be available to members subscribed to our premium Calc+ tier.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Something about this just doesn't add up.

[–] 5wim@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If only there was a way to get to the root of the problem.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It will require our undivided attention.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Those puns leave a negative impression

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

These puns sure did a number on me

[–] totally_notAcat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would like to clear them from my memory.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how to access that function.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Just put two and two together and you'll get it.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I can’t even imagine what data there is to collect for an application this simple.

That privacy policy better be really short.

On the bright side, a simple calculator ought to have plenty of free and open source alternatives that don’t harvest any data.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your calculator would like access to your contacts.

Your calculator would like permission to send and receive phone calls.

Your calculator would like permission to view and delete emails.

Please click AGREE to proceed.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

How else are we supposed to be able to share calculations to your social network????

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

My calc app also has its privacy policy there. It says

OpenCalc does not collect any user data.

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Using our implementation of Microsoft recall, we can see that you're calculating the price for your online purchase of Samsung AiPro Washing machine. We can see you can't afford it, but don't worry! We've applied a 10% coupon to your purchase so it'd be a bit cheaper for you!

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

"=" [locked] Infix subscription required

...

"base ten" [locked] subscription required, reverting to octal

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 9 months ago

In fairness, I've had to write a privacy policy due to store restrictions. It boiled down to "everything stays on your phone. I don't collect your data, I don't want your data, I don't even have a backend server that could be collecting your data. If you find my app sending telemetry of any kind, please tell me immediately because that should not be happening"

That being said, this doesn't exactly inspire confidence

[–] teft@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

They want to monetize any proofs you find.

Now get to work crunching numbers.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Open calculator is pretty cool and very pretty. Material theme ofc

[–] territorial@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago
[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It's possibly compliance. I know google requires you to have a privacy policy to even publish an app, no matter what.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Someone worked to make that app, either you pay for it with money or you pay for it with privacy, your choice.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Looks fake as fuck, My calculator app doesn't need any permission

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In normal Android, I don't think internet access counts as a permission, nor does basic data collection.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Indeed

Mine just shows this on the store

Still

The network access I guess it's for the currency conversion, but the rest is pretty standard stuff for haptic feedback and memory management.

Nothing strange there at least for me