h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> are unfairly penalised, say campaigners<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners</span></a></p><p>“<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> have burrowed their way into seemingly every aspect of our lives and there are lots of reasons why companies are pushing us to use them”</p><p>Above all, to <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/collect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collect</span></a> massive amounts of personal <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> on users, thanks to their ability to constantly <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/monitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monitor</span></a>, use the phone's sensors and leak existing data stored on the phone. Something no website can do. Apps are full of spywares.</p>