• @voracitude
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    93 months ago

    Sorry, that was a lot more peremptory than I meant it to be! Don’t get me wrong, it’s a slick app. If it was just a question if throwing the guy a few bucks I’d do it in a heartbeat, I too believe in paying for good software. But the trackers are my real problem. This app doesn’t need to know my location, who I am, what I read, who I message, which links I go to, etc etc. I’m not sure if all that in Sync is required for the ads, or if they use it for more too, but they could use it for more, and anyway like others have said we’re some of us here at least in part to get away from that kind of surveillance.

    You might go back to Sync, but it’s definitely worth your while checking out other apps that don’t track you if you care about that at all. If not, of course, then none of the above applies haha 😅

    • @pjwestinOP
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      53 months ago

      Well, I’ve deleted my Ad ID on Android. My understanding is that should make it pretty difficult for advertisers to collect much data on me from any app.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 months ago

        “marketers hate this simple trick”

        as a developer i can assure you they have plenty other means to collect your data. the ad id is only for displaying targeted ads, but the spying goes on