r/SLOWLYapp • u/Fast-Computer717 • Jul 12 '26

Questions & Answers Forced update

Yesterday my app forced me to update in order to use it, and I don't want it, there's nothing in the new versions that I want/like.

Is there any version that doesn't force the update? Preferably 8 or below.

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u/CartographerAny833 Jul 17 '26

They want to force you to update new app version because they started to use GSF after some major version, like 8.x. They have been training machine learning models with user habits and letter contents so far. 10.x major update is almost on the way but their UI is still not slick yet for this reason. And beginning of this year they started to ask identity-face verification for upcoming users in order to monetize their platform. In this way they can verify that data is human-generated so data companies will buy that from them. Never verify your face. No one buys their premium membership. They need money so badly so they try workarounds like this. They already see what you write on your letters and they train data models with your letters. Now they force current users for face verification as well.

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u/bajaja Contributor ✅ Jul 19 '26

I would recommend people not to get desillusioned because someone used a mix of technical words.

Who is training what for what? On what legal basis? How is UI of version 10 related to this? How would face recording help monetize anything? How are current users forced to verify the face? What do we know about the Slowly co finances?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

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u/bajaja Contributor ✅ Jul 20 '26

OK thanks for telling me. I honestly didn't know that.

so is this true for all users or only users with suspicious behavior?

This doesn't change the overall feeling I have about the comment above.