What constitutes Usage Data. Is it sharing the posts I view, communities I subscribe to etc?

Does paying for a premium version stop this data being collected?

  • @andysteakfries
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    9210 months ago

    LJ was very adamant about not collecting or keeping any user data under the reddit regime. I’m happy giving him the benefit of the doubt here.

    • @Cosmiques
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      8510 months ago

      The point is we don’t formally know.

      • @andysteakfries
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        4810 months ago

        The dev has stated that the tracking is disabled if ads are disabled, and other users have confirmed that via duckduckgo.

        • @zaph
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          Hope this works but here’s what ddg is showing me was blocked. Only Google attempted to track and it was only once before I purchased ultra. Basically everything Google already knows about anyone using android.

    • @kenbw2OP
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      3410 months ago

      Yea but does that prevent Google from getting that data via AdMob?

      • @andysteakfries
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        4810 months ago

        Removing ads via IAP or the Sync Ultra subscription eliminates that data sharing.

        Per the dev, responding to my question in the discord server just now.

        • @ZodiacPi
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          3410 months ago

          Why are the responses to all these questions happening in Discord rather than the official Sync Lemmy channel? 🤔

          • @andysteakfries
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            2710 months ago

            The Discord is just as official as this community?

            • Madbrad200
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              5410 months ago

              Discord is a closed garden, it’s awful for things like this.

              • AphoticDev
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                -1010 months ago

                Discord is great for things like this. For simple questions, Discord is better than reddit or Lemmy.

                • Madbrad200
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                  2110 months ago

                  I can’t google and find the answer to these simple questions. Discord is inherently worse than an open forum for that reason. It shouldn’t be used for Support or updates at all.

                • @[email protected]
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                  10 months ago

                  Yes, i do enjoy searching my way through 5648 shit posts with the keyword of a problem i’m trying to solve.

                  So the only way you can avoid that is to ask the same question which was already answered 10 times by the same person over the last couple of weeks.

                  What a great way to troubleshoot

                  • AphoticDev
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                    310 months ago

                    So why didn’t you search through the Sync community on Lemmy? This question was already answered there too. Or maybe you just assumed it wasn’t and didn’t bother looking?

          • AphoticDev
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            1710 months ago

            Because it’s the official Discord, and it’s been around far longer than Sync for Lemmy? What kind of question is that even?

          • BigFig
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            610 months ago

            Because he’s busy? Not everyone is terminally online

    • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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      -5110 months ago

      Blindly trusting someone are the people that usually fall for scams

      • @andysteakfries
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        6610 months ago

        “Benefit of the doubt” does not mean “blindly trust”…?

        Listen you can do what you want if you feel your privacy is being violated, but this particular developer is not scamming anyone. He has an established history of not giving a fuck about your user data, which is backed up by other users verifying that the data tracking ends when ads are removed.

          • @[email protected]
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            1010 months ago

            You can directly analyze the calls the app is making so you can fully verify it even without the source code.

            Stop spreading technical misinformation.

        • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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          -6010 months ago

          Lol Whatever floats your boat 🤷‍♂️

          • @ZodiacSF1969
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            1910 months ago

            Lol mr computer science engineer

      • ThenThreeMore
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        4410 months ago

        Trusting someone based on your previous experience with them and or a reputation they’ve earned, however is one of the cornerstones of society.

      • @zaph
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        1710 months ago

        There’s nothing blind about it. I can see what trackers are being attempted on each app on my phone and sync stopped as soon as I purchased ultra.

      • @[email protected]
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        1510 months ago

        So in other words, you’re making a blanket statement without any contextually relevant examples to support it. Almost like youre just fear mongering and don’t have an actual argument. Got it.