According to the tracking scanner Exodus (can be found on F-Droid), which keeps an updated database on trackers and runs your installed app against its register, you can track what apps are tracking you and clues of how. Saw that Boost is tracking me and uninstalled it and went straight to Jerboa. Jerboa is pretty similar to good ole’ RedditIsFun-app and easy to use, so I am personally recommending it.

From F-Droid:

Exodus (Exodus show you trackers and permissions in apps installed on your device.) https://f-droid.org/packages/org.eu.exodus_privacy.exodusprivacy/

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Or you can buy Boost and get rid of the ad/tracking.

    Boost is brilliant and other apps still have catching up to do but the competition is getting better and better.

      • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        Will give it a shot, thanks! Though I’m very happy with boost currently - what does voyager do better?

        • Thunder_Caulk@lemmy.world
          1·
          19 hours ago

          Yes give it a try.

          I’m not saying that boost lacks anything. But it’s the feel that I get when using Voyager. I know it’s weird, but, it’s my enjoyment that made me switch.

  • wildcardology@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’ve seen this kind of post about boost several times now. It’s just sad that people are just maliciously uninformed. It made me want to support the dev even more. Paying for the ad free version now.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Or just use a browser, ffs.

    everything doesnt need to be an app.

    especially when its nothing but a goddamn webbrowser, wrapped in an app, with less protection.

    • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Why use a browser?

      Just learn how to parse raw HTTP responses. That’s all a browser does, with less protection.

      • drathvedro@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 day ago

        Nope, you can’t actually do that anymore since there’s SSL in the way. I tried anyway, though, just for giggles:

        drath@machine:~$ telnet lemm.ee 80
Trying 2606:4700:20::681a:5f3...
Connected to lemm.ee.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /
<html>
<head><title>400 Bad Request</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>400 Bad Request</h1></center>
<hr><center>cloudflare</center>
</body>
</html>
Connection closed by foreign host.

        Of course I can curl and wget, but that feels against the spirit of hardcore reading the raw data.

  • Rogue@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    This is a rather sensationalist headline.

    Every so often software developers need to eat food and live beneath shelter.

    The developer of Boost @[email protected] provides a free version that’s supported by ads, or you can purchase an ad free experience for a one time cost. That’s been a standard business since forever.

    There isn’t any grand conspiracy here.

  • Warpedtwistedbody@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Good work bringing this to the attention of others.

    I agree that Jerboa is good. If anyone wants another option, then Connect For Lemmy is clean, simple, and updated frequently. I’m nothing to do with Connect, just someone that has tried loads of Lemmy apps on Android, and has settled on Connect.