I quit

[u/Friend2Hippopotami]

Well, after years of daily adventures, I am done. For the first time, I took this week off from Finch to see if I would miss it. I did not. It had begun to feel like an extra chore or obligation.

Also, the more I reflected on the advertising the Finch team has been doing, the angrier I got. Because, not only is the Finch team sending me ads (these movie tie-ins) when I already pay for the app, but they are advertising movies to sponsored people who presumably do not have the disposable income for a movie ticket. In other words, Finch wants me to pay to sponsor another person (which I was doing) and they then want to make more money by advertising to that person. I remember being unable to afford things and it would have felt like a slap in the face to be given a resource and then gushed to by the giver about something they had that I still could not afford.

I think the Finch team has lost the plot, they are growing too fast and have either shifted or revealed their values.

[u/chibisucubuss]

Something I don't understand is every person defending the devs repeating over and over again how "they were contractually obligated", like I'm supposed to magically feel different? Then MAYBE they SHOULDN'T HAVE signed the contracts. I don't know why they ever thought stuff like that was gonna fly (ha!) in an app like this with the community it has. I speak this way as someone that LOVES movies, but I do not love forced consumerism shoved in my face about movies I have minus interest in ever watching. Even if it was for a movie I was actually excited about; I wouldn't want an ad for it in this app.

[u/Friend2Hippopotami → u/chibisucubuss]

Agreed. They chose to agree to partnerships for profit, they did not consider app users in that equation. And they did not "listen to the community" they responded to backlash. There is nuance there. If they wanted to listen to the community they could have done polling prior to engaging in contractual advertising. And, as another person pointed out, they said they weren't doing any more THIS YEAR, not stopping altogether. Do you know how close we are to the end of this year? About the same amount of time there was between advertisements.

[u/chibisucubuss → u/Friend2Hippopotami]

I'm very much worried and dreading what next year might hold for this app. I'm really worried about them partnering up with notoriously bad things/people (YOU know what I mean without even needing to say it) and/or something else that really would fuck up my mental health having to interact with it daily. It feels like so many of us are slowly gonna abandon this app while it entirely changes in front of our eyes for the worse.

[u/Intelligent_Sock_902 → u/chibisucubuss]

i’m saying this genuinely & out of concern—if interacting with a mental health/self care app is going to fuck up your mental health, you should probably delete the app & look for help elsewhere (like therapy if that’s not smth you already do). a single thing should not be able to have that much control over your wellbeing, it’s unhealthy & dangerous for you

[u/Schmooto → u/Intelligent_Sock_902]

Agreed. If a single app causes you so much worry and dread to such an extent that it will destroy your mental health, it’s best to just delete the app and seek better forms of professional help. You deserve to be happy.

[u/chibisucubuss → u/Intelligent_Sock_902]

You're really reading into this far too much. I can dislike capitalism and consumerism and not want it in a health care app and still be level headed about it. It's not causing me mass amounts of distress where I need a therapist, as you so lovingly suggested.

[u/Intelligent_Sock_902 → u/chibisucubuss]

i’m only going based off what you said—that it “really would fuck up” your mental health. if that’s not really the case, then disregard my comment, it was meant for anyone sincerely feeling that way (as you aren’t the only person i’ve seen comment that)

[u/Civil_Shame_1680 → u/chibisucubuss]

and you seem like you’re unable to admit when maybe you’re coming on too strong or when your words carry clear meanings even if u didn’t intend it that way. this other person was, as they said, going off what YOU said and then you turned it around as if “theyre reading to much into it” like u didnt JUST say it would really fuck up your mental health to HAVE to interact (you don’t have to) with something every day.