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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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[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 82 points 3 days ago (4 children)

YSK also that the paid version does not have ads or trackers

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

And, importantly, If your account is paid it never even loads the libraries or initializes the ad systems so there is zero data going to these trackers.

I don't use this app (I use Eternity), but there's nothing shady going on here. Developing an app isn't free and it isn't unfair for the developer to want to earn a living.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 32 points 2 days ago (5 children)
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[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 62 points 3 days ago (13 children)

You can do a one time purchase to remove the ads and tracking you know, monetising an app without ads is hard.

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 35 points 3 days ago (6 children)

You're being downvoted for providing true information that disputes sensationalism. This place is truly fucking weird

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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 53 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What a cool service, thanks for sharing. You can also check the Exodus database via web if you can't or don't want to install the native Android app.

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[–] partmussels 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

God damnit, I use this app

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[–] Darkhoof@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

You will only pry Boost from my phone over my cold dead hands.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

There is a reason so many Lemmy apps are abandoned, they were free and free of advertising. Devs need to eat. I prefer the paid app model to support the devs as opposed to ads. The dev of boost has always been open about how ads work.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I use Sync. Does it track my data too?

[–] mooglepom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 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

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

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

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[–] grid11@lemy.nl 14 points 2 days ago

On join-lemmy there is small warning for every closed source app

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