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According to the tracking scanner Exodus (can be found on F-Droid), which keeps an updated database on trackers and runs your installed app against its register, you can track what apps are tracking you and clues of how. Saw that Boost is tracking me and uninstalled it and went straight to Jerboa. Jerboa is pretty similar to good ole' RedditIsFun-app and easy to use, so I am personally recommending it.

From F-Droid:

Exodus (Exodus show you trackers and permissions in apps installed on your device.) https://f-droid.org/packages/org.eu.exodus_privacy.exodusprivacy/

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i mean, it's just ads. you're blowing this way out of proportion just because of some unintrusive ads.

devs gotta eat. if you prefer FOSS, that's great! i love FOSS software too! but boost is like home to me, even with the ads.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I've seen this kind of post about boost several times now. It's just sad that people are just maliciously uninformed. It made me want to support the dev even more. Paying for the ad free version now.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

God damnit, I use this app

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

An up front paid app for devs trying to make money off of the lemmyverse? Sure, okay. A free version by devs trying to make the world a better place? You're a literal hero. Devs doing shady tracking like this? Never ever.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Voyager is the best Lemmy client on iOS or Android both, with Jerboa being a close second.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I tried and disliked both of those. They worked fine they just felt bad. Bad to digging around for clients.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah that's why I use the duckduckgo app tracking protection

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Interesting

Edit: Doesn't work alongside VPN

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

if you have a VPN, check to see if they offer an option to block trackers and ads. many of them do.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

ive been on Voyager and i like it very much. is there a known better option, or my first choice was a solid? thanks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

No, Voyager is a very solid choice, and def the best option available ATM

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I always come back to voyager

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I use Sync. Does it track my data too?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I too use it, I was curious as well and it seems (having installed duckduckgo because of another comment on this post) that there is tracking.

Given lack on maint I guess will look elsewhere regardless

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with this interface, but it looks to me like it is saying Google was doing the tracking. Could this be tracking attempts made from a web view opened while using Sync, and not the actual Sync app itself? I want so badly to believe they are more privacy conscious than that. Love the app, been using it since it first came out for Reddit. Solo dev IIRC.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

For what I can see, no. At least, not more than normal apps. A lot of apps comes up with the blocking tracking attempts (duckduckgo) by the company Google. Google is the only one with sync.

Edit: I have paid for the app.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Judging by the fact that the dev hasn't bothered to do anything with it in months, I doubt that it matters.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

My favorite app is Firefox 😉

(or alternatively: Tor - its also great, many Lemmy instances are Tor friendly)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They gonna know all the weird porn I look at on here. Hope advertisers need that info

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is definitely not a healthy dismissal of privacy violating behavior.

Especially in this day and age where it's being increasingly weaponized.

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