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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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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago

Yeah that's why I use the duckduckgo app tracking protection

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago

Aside from what everyone else has said regarding the ads: Boost is an amazing app and I don't browse Lemmy without it!

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[-] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 months ago

I remembered Boost from the good old days a while back and am using it alongside voyager. It's not as great as I remembered, so I'll probably stick with Voyager. My home network keeps me safe of ads though 😉

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[-] grid11@lemy.nl 14 points 2 months ago

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

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Stop using boost ages ago. The lack of updates makes the app ~~unusable~~ hardly usable anyway.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

News to me. Boost is not only extremely usable, it's more so than the others I tried, which was basically all the android apps.

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[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

This reads like a paid advertisement.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 2 months ago

Glad I stick with Thunder.

I have no problems with devs making money on their work. But ads are a privacy violation for me.

If Thunder ever went this route I'd immediately fork.

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[-] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Voyager is pretty good but mr. Voyager developer, for the love of god, add some left-right margin! I don't know why but this makes me irrationally angry to the point I simply can't use Voyager

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[-] poolitzer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Would like to throw thunder_app@lemmy.world in the ring as an alternative

[-] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

An up front paid app for devs trying to make money off of the lemmyverse? Sure, okay. A free version by devs trying to make the world a better place? You're a literal hero. Devs doing shady tracking like this? Never ever.

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[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Or you can buy Boost and get rid of the ad/tracking.

Boost is brilliant and other apps still have catching up to do but the competition is getting better and better.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Boost is the best!

Launch the Rocket! 🚀

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Or just use a browser, ffs.

everything doesnt need to be an app.

especially when its nothing but a goddamn webbrowser, wrapped in an app, with less protection.

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[-] cupcakezealot 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ooh, that app is fun! I also recommend Eternity for a Lemmy app (or just Fennec and ublock- not that my lemmy instance has anything to worry about)

I also love the difference in apps I got from the Play Store vs Neo store.

Also, ExpressVPN with 2 trackers? Shame. Mullvad wins again.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i use lemmy on firefox browser mobile and desktop?

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[-] lemmyausmister@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago
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[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

I use Sync. Does it track my data too?

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