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Appreciation post for Liftoff not collecting user data or injecting ads. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/liftoff
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I was looking forward to trying Sync today now that it's live, but my enthusiasm was immediately dampened after seeing the "Data Safety" section on the Google Play store.

Liftoff has been great, and want to say thanks for making an awesome app. This will continue to be my daily driver.

Edit: for clarity, because the post got way bigger than I expected.

Sync looks like a fantastic app, and the dev/s should charge whatever they feel is fair for their efforts, even if that's through the usual ads + ad tracking.

My intent was just to post here in /c/Liftoff to thank the Liftoff devs for managing to somehow offer an awesome app without any of that.

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[–] hexagonwin 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a bit weird. I installed Sync yesterday but I don't get any ads. I don't have a system wide ad blocker or anything. Note that I don't have GApps.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe he uses adsense? I don't know for sure, but i guess that's not implemented into microG

[–] PsychedSy 6 points 1 year ago

He's using adsense afaik.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

😁 ads implemented in microG would absolutely crack me up

[–] andrr_464 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ads are bugged

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't get ads either, and I don't even get placeholders. Idk if it's a bug thing or a regional thing for me.