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zuck really sucking every ounce of data out of the users (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/lemmyshitpost

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[–] LetMeEatCake 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I so wish that Apple and Google would clamp down on this kind of rampant data collection abuse. Users should be able to individually block any data collection point with it only breaking anything that fundamentally relies on it. And it should be done such that the app cannot tell that it's being blocked, so as to prevent stupid attempts to build everything to rely on data collection even if it doesn't make any sense.

Neither Apple nor Google will do so of course. Doesn't change that I wish that they would.

[–] the_toast_is_gone 4 points 1 year ago

They're probably getting a cut of the revenue from this collection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Is that even possible?? How can the app developer not know?

Let's take location for instance. Google can send to the app no data or the location. The app developers can tell if no data is sent back.

Google would have to develop, on its own against its own financial interests, a way to send random locations to the app. The app develop is going to easily see though that this data is not correct.

So even if Google decided to invest in this for the users, the app developers are still going to know

[–] koraro 2 points 1 year ago

Even if they did it sure wouldn't be for their apps. Purely by accident of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm still waiting for some Android Root/ROM dev to come up with an Xposed thing or whatever to just throw a "Lie" button on all the permission requests.

[–] desmosthenes 2 points 1 year ago

one can dream

[–] desmosthenes 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

is fb that toxic that it’s branded under instagram?

[–] nergal 4 points 1 year ago

I dunno if it's toxic or if the newer generations just don't care about it versus Instagram

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Toxic and “lame” at this point. To millennials at least its what your aunt uses to post either “like this post or the puppy dies” or racist things.

Pretty sure its even worse with gen z.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

We'll take one of everything you've got, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wish you could just get a little switch next to each of those and turn them all off if you don’t wanna share any info. that would be nice

[–] Jackolantern 1 points 1 year ago

That’s the ideal but knowing zuck, not happening. Sadly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

🧠long and short term memories in perpetuity.

🛌dreams you tried to remember after waking but disappear into the ether

[–] Selgauth 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why/How is it an Instagram app and not a Meta app?

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

probably because instagram is still regarded better than meta even though its the same