Just read the permissions of their app, & know why it's untrustworthy.

• take picturs and videos
• record audio ( these may be a problem, if they can do it when you don't know it's happening )
• advertising ID permission
• ready sync settings
• run foreground service
• run at startup
• read user selected image and video files from shared storage ( this isn't the problem: this is The Proper Way )
• read badge notifications
• view network connections
• prevent tablet from sleeping
• access to AdId API ( that's ad id, not adLd )
• view Wi-Fi connections
• use fingerprint hardware
• show notifications
• receive data from internet
• install shortcuts
• read Google service configuration
• read audio files from shared storage ( these ARE the problem: they can upload ANY audio/video/image file they can find, up to them, & you've "agreed", .. so they could "legally" harvest personal-images/videos from all app-user's phones, & you'd have no legal basis to sue them )
• read video files from shared storage
• read image files from shared storage
• control vibration
• Google Play billing service
• toggle sync on and off
• detect screen captures of app windows
• have full network access
• use biometric hardware
• Play Install Referrer API
• change your audio settings
• run foreground service with the type "dataSync"

TBH, I'm astonished they didn't require Contacts permission, which apparently also grants the right to upload-to-them all one's messages ( made me sick, when I found that out ).

DO NOT INSTALL UNTRUSTWORTHY APPS.

Apps should have ONLY the honestly-required permissions, NOT permissions which gaslight about valuing/protecting/serving the user.

No more ruled-by-machiavellian-clowns.

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So what you're saying is we should expect a new influx of users soon?

“ Disclosure: Advance Publications, which owns Ars Technica parent Condé Nast, is the largest shareholder in Reddit. “

Holy shit

I mean, fuck Reddit. Why else would I be here

The overlay could be removed with an ad blocker, or they could switch to Desktop View, or they could switch to Old Reddit.

Even better, they could switch to the Threadiverse and not need to deal with a company progressively tightening the belt on user freedom for profit maximization.

I got a 15+ year old account perma-banned because i said "GME" somewhere i shouldn't have. Reddit is trash.

That's why I'm trying to spend more time here.... this needs to grow, and while I've only lurked and not contributed to Reddit for over a year now, I guess I'm not even lurking anymore. Funny because I still see ads when I use the mobile site... that not good enough? Fuck you too then.

Get active on the fediverse people.

Reddit, the front door of the Internet, slammed in your face, because fuck you, that's why

The block seemed curious, given that Reddit began as a website, and websites generally want traffic. Few are in the practice of turning traffic away.

My man hasn't used the internet in a while...

The vast majority of social media platforms are in the practice of denying access in order to coerce you into logging in or downloading their app so that they can mine your data and harass you into coming back.

Some of that probably has to do with AI scraper bots as well.

Lemmy will never betray you like this

Surprised it took them this long.

Next will app only on mobile or, as with Xitter, only allow logged out users to see the OP but none of the comments. Or both!

Won't it be fun waiting to see how and when they do it? 😒