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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee to c/liftoff@lemmy.world

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I was looking forward to trying Sync today now that it's live, but my enthusiasm was immediately dampened after seeing the "Data Safety" section on the Google Play store.

Liftoff has been great, and want to say thanks for making an awesome app. This will continue to be my daily driver.

Edit: for clarity, because the post got way bigger than I expected.

Sync looks like a fantastic app, and the dev/s should charge whatever they feel is fair for their efforts, even if that's through the usual ads + ad tracking.

My intent was just to post here in /c/Liftoff to thank the Liftoff devs for managing to somehow offer an awesome app without any of that.

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[-] namelivia@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I was buying into the Sync hype but after trying it I don't see much difference with liftoff tbh

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[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

It's a bit weird. I installed Sync yesterday but I don't get any ads. I don't have a system wide ad blocker or anything. Note that I don't have GApps.

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[-] Zomg@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I care a bit more about Lemmy's future and growth that to fuss about an app collecting information. I don't think anyone complaining about the privacy actually read their privacy terms.

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[-] sam@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago

Liftoff is also very frequently updated. Any complaint I've had has been addressed 2-3 patches after posting about it. They work fast, and they do good work. Big +1 for liftoff.

[-] aetrix@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I'm really happy you love Liftoff and it's great that we have so many options.

See how easy that is?

[-] ieightpi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm so happy to see Liftoff on the top of the "All" feed today! Especially with synch for lemmy becoming available. Kudos to OP for posting this.

You were the first available third party app and your still the best app. No need to switch to the others. Especially after learning about the other apps user data clause.

Your app works great and it looks great too. Keep it up!