Comment on Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel

• fawanen@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m guessing you have no idea what those technologies do.

  Google Admob is literally for serving ads.

  Crashlytics is for monitoring crashes.

  Firebase analytics is for monitoring firebase usage, which is required for things like push notifications when using firebase.

  Try uploading an app to the Google Play store yourself before you spread FUD on matters you know nothing about.

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  • Artemis@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I pointed out the trackers that are included in this app for full transparency…not everyone likes having Google and Facebook on their phone. The inclusion of these trackers also hint that the app isn’t open source, which was the initial question. I’m not sure any of this called for such an inflammatory response…

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• lunarul@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How are crashlytics and firebase analytics profiting off of users? I cannot imagine not including those in an app you’re actually hoping to improve.

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  • Artemis@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are other privacy-respecting trackers that could be used for app improvement. At the end of the day, Google profits from the data collected here, and Lemmy has a big community of users looking to avoid this. Tangentially, Google also has massive contracts with the Israeli military that have recently come under fire in the news…just another reason to use different app-improvement trackers if the goal is to truly boycott/divest, etc.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure, but is it open source?

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  • fawanen@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He doesn’t know but still wanted to feel useful.

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    • Artemis@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Day old account with tonnes of down votes and attacking people just trying to help…you are very clearly a troll. Also, I must be a guy since I’m commenting about tech? 🙄

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