My theory is that the new method for data vacuuming is charging a benignly small fee to make it appear that you’re paying for a service and not getting raided, as opposed to using a free service where you assume they’re harvesting you like an apple tree.
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Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
You would think all the data they steal from you when you install the app would be payment enough
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah when the fuck are sandboxing being implemented correctly in telephones smh
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Its available for some phones with extra work.
chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Exactly!
Interestingly, I was looking for this right now and realized that they don’t have an app for Android and I couldn’t get the information that the App Store offers about the app’s permissions (probably invasive), not to mention that it probably has to connect to several dubious servers to upload data it collects from the user. I say it because I know how this business model works.
tophneal@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I was going to look it up and share but I think they went under. No app on iOS either and the URL takes you to a wix placeholder page
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
they went under
Serves the fuckers right. If only the same would happen to Nestlé Water…
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Spoken like someone who knows nothing about how apps work.
urandom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How do they steal the data then?
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Most of the time they don’t.