Today I deleted the Bengals App from my smartphone.

[bengals1969]

(04-14-2021, 04:48 PM)OBX Bengal Wrote: I originally installed the Bengals App on my phone about ten years ago.  And I used it a lot for the first several years. I especially liked having the team roster open during games.  The past few years, I have used it less because I don’t like Geoff Hopson’s long winded style of writing. Plus, I don’t have the patience to watch an ad for a product that I am never going to buy, just to watch a video or to flip through a photo gallery.  I clicked on the app today and a window popped up asking permission to access some content on my phone, which I declined.  Then another window popped up asking permission to send me push notifications.  I declined that too, because I hate having my phone beeping about unimportant stuff.  Now the app won’t let me view the content, so I deleted it.  I guess I can just print out the team roster when I watch games.

Apps are notorious for abusing a users trust. They invade every corner of privacy. I have as few as possible installed and always delete them when rarely using. That’s good hygiene.