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/

  • stebo
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    46 hours ago

    good now delete every other app on your phone that contains Google ads

    • @[email protected]
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      245 hours ago

      But that’s one less app and there are great alternatives, so why continue using one that tracks you?

      • stebo
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        -24 hours ago

        I have bought the premium version because it was really cheap so no it doesn’t track me

        • @[email protected]
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          34 hours ago

          You do you, most goes with what’s free and there are plenty of good free options available.

          Ads are a bad way of funding the development, especially for Lemmy, a place where a lot of people are increasingly privacy-minded.

          • stebo
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            12 hours ago

            Ads are a bad way of funding the development, especially for Lemmy

            couldn’t agree more! that’s why I bought the premium version

          • stebo
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            -32 hours ago

            sure, hope you enjoy your free apps while they last

        • burgersc12
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          It does. Check the official privacy policy, 9 mentions of trackers as well as the extremely limited options for opting out of the trackers.