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.

  • Laticauda@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Bro, of course it has a data safety section, it offers a paid version so it will need to be able to collect your financial information, and any trackers are removed if you remove ads or turn off personalized ads. That doesn’t mean it’s stealing your data, those are regular app functions for apps that have iaps or show ads.

  • ComputerSagtNein@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I dont get you people. Making those apps is maybe a hobby for some but a job for others. People asked for Synch for Lemmy and the dev WORKED on it and will continue WORKING on it.

    Love to see how many of you guys will work for free. And you probably all work for places that NEVER collect any data.

    Could I use a free app for Lemmy? Sure, but I want Synch, because I know what Synch has to offer is what I want. I don’t need to settle for an “almost” solution. I can use Synch and I gladly paid for it.

  • Schooner@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s a little uncharitable to Sync to characterise it like this. Yes, it collects personal data to show ads. However, you have the choice to refuse or pay a one time fee to get rid of it entirely. It’s the nonconsensual nature of data collection that robs users of their agency that makes it problematic.

    Devs need to eat and donations are not always a realistic revenue scheme. With the one time fee, Sync has signalled it cares about its users and not just value extraction like Big Tech. I will probably pay that and be happy.

    I like Liftoff, I also like Sync. I use both atm.

  • 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sync VS FOSS thing isn’t over yet? Let everyone use what they like the most. Let everyone be the judge of their own data and how it is being used. For god’s sake, live and let live folks

  • profilelost@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s seriously a great app, so I don’t get the fuss about Sync either. I’ve been a Sync and Boost user before but I’m very content with the apps we already got for Lemmy so I won’t throw in another one to choose from.

    I’ve been switching between Liftoff, Voyager and Thunder because they all seem to good to just lose them right now lol

  • AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here we are, with rabid FOSS fanboys complaining about tracking in an Android app. Probably posting these angry threads from their Samsungs, loaded down with baked in spyware and adware, and acting superior cause they fiddled around on DuckDuckGo long enough to figure out how to install F-Droid and think now they’re elite hackers in total control of their device and data.

    If you’re running a stock ROM, you’ve already given all your data away to the manufacturer and Google, at the very least. So don’t come on Lemmy bitching about tracking, when half of you wouldn’t know what privacy was if I beat you to death with it.

    You exquisite knobs. You absolute baffoons.

    • NightOwl@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What’s with the insults just because people aren’t using Sync? I don’t understand the fanaticism of worship that seems to be around it that people react in this manner to those who decide to not use it.