From: Kaio Duarte Costa <kaiod@riseup.net>
To: Libreplanet Discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
Subject: The growing insistence of Mobile Services Manager (DT Ignite) on Android devices
Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 14:08:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a1b4a9be3d75dd8db1758a7ee62960d@riseup.net> (raw)
Since a few weeks ago, I've been dealing with the annoyance of the
Mobile Services Manager (the famous DT Ignite, with a "nicer" name),
which practically forces android device users to install proprietary
applications, with abusive advertisements, when it does not install them
without the user's permission (since it has abusive permissions to
install and uninstall applications, as a system application).
What was once a periodic annoyance has now become almost daily, as
Digital Turbine (in partnership with Samsung) is increasing the
insistence on 'marketing' the device's notifications tab with an
annoying advertisement called "find the next ideal app for you".
Furthermore, it is impossible to remove the advertisement from the
notification tab, only by deactivating the app (which evidently does not
seem to be effective).
Those who dare to click, even if accidentally, will encounter a white
full screen, which forces the user to click next, forcibly encouraging
them to install the apps from the screen, or deselect a giant list of
apps not to be installed. Furthermore, these are installed as "silent
notifications", so the user is only aware of their existence when he
sees them on the device.
I believe, that thousands of users are annoyed by this forced
advertising, which violates the users' freedom and reinforces the need
for our fight. Therefore, I would like to assess with you what we can do
about it, from complaints to campaigns, I believe that any manifestation
of society about this abuse to the user, is of great value!
--
Kaio Duarte Costa (Kaiod)
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-01 21:08 Kaio Duarte Costa [this message]
2022-05-02 15:32 ` The growing insistence of Mobile Services Manager (DT Ignite) on Android devices Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
2022-05-06 23:33 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira via libreplanet-discuss
2022-05-02 19:21 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira via libreplanet-discuss
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