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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€“] andysteakfries 92 points 1 year ago (3 children)

LJ was very adamant about not collecting or keeping any user data under the reddit regime. I'm happy giving him the benefit of the doubt here.

[โ€“] Cosmiques 85 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The point is we don't formally know.

[โ€“] andysteakfries 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The dev has stated that the tracking is disabled if ads are disabled, and other users have confirmed that via duckduckgo.

[โ€“] zaph 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Hope this works but here's what ddg is showing me was blocked. Only Google attempted to track and it was only once before I purchased ultra. Basically everything Google already knows about anyone using android.

[โ€“] isazi 7 points 1 year ago

TIL the DuckDuckGo app protection, thanks!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's that app you're using to see that info?

[โ€“] SoleInvictus 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's duckduckgo private browser. It does more than just browsing, there's an app tracking protection feature.

[โ€“] kenbw2 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea but does that prevent Google from getting that data via AdMob?

[โ€“] andysteakfries 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Removing ads via IAP or the Sync Ultra subscription eliminates that data sharing.

Per the dev, responding to my question in the discord server just now.

[โ€“] ZodiacPi 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why are the responses to all these questions happening in Discord rather than the official Sync Lemmy channel? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] andysteakfries 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Discord is just as official as this community?

[โ€“] Madbrad200 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Discord is a closed garden, it's awful for things like this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Because it's the official Discord, and it's been around far longer than Sync for Lemmy? What kind of question is that even?

[โ€“] Brunbrun6766 6 points 1 year ago

Because he's busy? Not everyone is terminally online

[โ€“] SendMePhotos 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Btw pro tip: you can insert the literal meme as Lemmy supports image/gif posting ;)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This showing up right? It's a tiny circle on kbin mobile. Sorry if I blew up your notifications while I tried figuring this out.