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Can we have some clarification on what "Usage Data" the app collects and shares with advertisers? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by kenbw2 to c/syncforlemmy

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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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[–] [email protected] 154 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (35 children)

From DuckDuckGo:

For what it's worth, I subscribed to Ultra about an hour ago and DDG hasn't picked up any additional tracking attempts since then. I think it may be limited entirely to Google's ad service for the free, ad-supported tier and maybe crash diagnostics that the app gives you the option of enabling or disabling.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Holy hell. I'm glad I'm using DNS-level ad and tracker blocking. Shout out to NextDNS and RethinkDNS!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Can you explain more? Would DNS level blocking stop ads on a smart TV (for YouTube specifically) as well?

[–] sec 7 points 1 year ago

Not for youtube, you can use smarttube for android tv. It has everything, like sponsorblock etc

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