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/

  • Tja@programming.dev
    1·
    6 hours ago

    They knew what it costs, it was their plan all along as with every major service.

    • get a bunch of money (either from other products or VC)
    • offer a free or ridiculously cheap service to attract users, losing money in the process
    • explosion in the number of users
    • establish yourself as the standard
    • stop losing money by rising prices or implementing ads
    • users put Pikachu face, they thought the free service would magically run forever

    If Google hadn’t bought it, YouTube would implement ads on their own, it was just not sustainable. Google had deeper pockets, could run it losing money for longer, get an even bigger share of the market and now they are cashing in, billions per quarter.

    And i am one of the people paying for it, because it is a good product. Attracts good creators by paying them better than other platforms and works well everyday, on every device.

      • Tja@programming.dev
        1·
        4 hours ago

        I don’t know that much about marketing but I thought a loss leader was a specific product that attracts to the store in hopes to make a profit with other products. Put onions so cheap that people will come in and also buy potatoes and butter, and you make your profit on those.