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xploit, in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?

I used my Google rewards credit to remove ads in Sync, because I ain’t paying for that shit and they would have expired anyway.

As long as you go out every now and then (to shops or next to shops) and consistently answer the rewards stuff (doesn’t need to be true it seems, just consistent) then you’ll eventually be in the same boat as me and probably many others where you’ll eventually have nothing to spend the rewards on as you’ll have bought all the apps you need and will ditch the rewards in the end.

exu, in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?

Also not FOSS, but I’m using Summit.
It’s the only client on Android I’m aware of that has mod-tools built in.

plz1, (edited ) in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?
  • Voyager for Lemmy
  • NextDNS to kill basically all 3rd party ad networks and tracking
THE_ANON, in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?

Jerboa

KarnaSubarna, (edited ) in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?
@KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml avatar

Lemmy website does provide official PWA app.

On iOS: Safari > Lemmy website > Hit share button > Add to home screen. On android, I assume steps will be similar.

I wholeheartedly recommend PWA app as such is published by the publisher of website itself, and I don’t need to download it either from official or 3rd party store.

In case you don’t know, PWA is basically a web app, running using your browser engine, which has almost same look-n-feel of native app.

Wiki: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_app

epyon22, in Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police

Curious on the implementation. For example apps like signal and WhatsApp require you to either move or lose your data when you get a new phone. This will have to be the way Google implements or they are storing it somewhere on their servers.

ArbiterXero,

The aren’t storing it actively in something you can search at all times, but it’ll be in the “backups” and “restore” pieces still

pineapplelover, in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?

The dev has to do what they have to do to feed themselves. If you really like the app, deal with the ads or pay for the app. I personally can’t deal with ads so I’m on Eternity for Lemmy (through the fdroid store)

dog_, in Remove Modem/SimCard from a Car

If you plan to get a GM vehicle, from what I’ve seen. Most OnStar modules are right behind the infotainment screen. However, if you remove that, you lose your microphone.

cirdanlunae, in why don't you guys scrobble?

I scrobble to a self-hosted maloja instance. No fear of your data ever disappearing if a service goes down!

juli,

You could scrobble to listenbrainz as well. Why not supporting it?

cirdanlunae,

My data stays with me. I support Musicbrainz itself plenty

z00s, in Remove Modem/SimCard from a Car

Buy an older car and spend the extra money on replacing and upgrading components.

Deckweiss, in Are there alternatives to google scholar and google patents?

searxng has a scholar tab

tarius, (edited ) in Remove Modem/SimCard from a Car

You might want to read this

foundation.mozilla.org/en/…/cars/

laverabe, (edited ) in roku remote app showing ads now

RoMote (Turns your Android Device into a control center for Roku)

f-droid.org/en/packages/wseemann.media.romote/

MrJameGumb, in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

I have Boost, but I haven’t seen any ads like that before. The main one I use is Jerboa though.

Neato, in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?
@Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

Wait, Boost has ads? I’ve literally never seen an ad.

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