this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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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€“] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think that the lack of further attempts backs up what lj shared a bit ago in the Discord. That's still a hell of a lot of tracking for folks who can't or don't want to pay, though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Sure would be cool if this kind of information was provided outside of a proprietary service that not only requires a login but also you to join a specific server just to then have this be hidden by 1,500 random messages that you don't care about. Shame there is no such place.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can someone explain what this means. The ads/tracking is not activated in Sync for Lemmy? If so, why have it in the code.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basically all tracking is done by Google ads. It checks at start up if you have purchased ad free or not. If purchased, launch app without ad library, else launch with ads. It has to be in the code because (according to the dev) Google is cracking down on similar apps, ie a pro version and a free version. So ad library has to be included, and it just won't use it if you pay for pro

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Makes sense, thanks. I think I misunderstood the comment I was replying to.