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Can we have some clarification on what "Usage Data" the app collects and shares with advertisers? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
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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?

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[โ€“] 92 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [โ€“] 85 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The point is we don't formally know.

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  • [โ€“] 48 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [โ€“] 16 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 34 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [โ€“] 48 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 34 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Why are the responses to all these questions happening in Discord rather than the official Sync Lemmy channel? ๐Ÿค”

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  • [โ€“] 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The Discord is just as official as this community?

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  • [โ€“] 54 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [+] -10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [โ€“] 20 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    There's a discord?!

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Alwayshasbeen.meme

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    Btw pro tip: you can insert the literal meme as Lemmy supports image/gif posting ;)

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  • [+] -51 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Blindly trusting someone are the people that usually fall for scams

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  • [โ€“] 66 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    "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.

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