This wonโ€™t work on android because changing icon is trivial lmao

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Assuming people know how to do that, this is preying on those who donโ€™t.

It reminds me of all the nagging and lying that MS does, telling people who download other browsers that Edge is better for example. Almost everyone here with a bit of technical knowledge knows that is ridiculous. Now Edge already has 5% market share, more than Firefox though.

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Interestingly this may piss off more people than the real issues. Most people didnโ€™t seem to care at all about the API / 3rd party app support issues as long as they got their Reddit doom-scroll fix. But I bet whole bunch of these will be upset at having an ugly pixelated icon on their phone, muhawhaw.

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They should pull a Howie, and do a prolapse icon.

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imagine paying for an app iconโ€ฆ what next ? paying for a ringtone like in the good old days?

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Reverse it. Make it play an annoying sound without paying, only changeable with premium. Late stage capitalism in its finest.

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Zedge comes to mind. A site for buying ringtones (among other things like notification tones and wallpapers) or at least barred you from downloading the โ€œpremiumโ€ ones without subscription.

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I donโ€™t understand how Zedge still exists, and is apparently doing relatively well too

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There will always be tech un-savvy people who prefer to pay for something (and have someone to call when it doesnโ€™t work) than have to spend 5 minutes learning how to do it themselves.

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Oh my fucking god, memories of that scam service โ€œJambaโ€ flooding back. It was like two years in a row of Crazy Frog ads for it.

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This was honestly the straw that broke the camelโ€™s back for me. I used to check reddit every now and then, but after this I just couldnโ€™t justify it to myself to use it. I used to post a lot of stuff, and I modded a relatively small community, but it just feels wrong to use it.

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I donโ€™t like change that much, so I can tolerate a lot of stuff before changing.

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