golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoThe Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down135
arrow-up1482arrow-down1imageThe Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?lemmy.mlgolden_zealot@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square237fedilink
minus-squarekia@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down13·6 months agoThe title is a little disingenuous. Claiming this is a property of the Boost app isn’t correct… It’s just an ad network.
minus-squareAlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoBoost loads adds from a shitty network though. Most open source apps don’t do this stuff because nobody wants a Lemmy client to load ads; users only ever tolerate it in return for a more polished UI or whatever.
minus-squaregolden_zealot@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·6 months agoI didn’t make the statement that it’s their property, I made the statement that it’s being displayed through their application.
The title is a little disingenuous. Claiming this is a property of the Boost app isn’t correct… It’s just an ad network.
Boost loads adds from a shitty network though. Most open source apps don’t do this stuff because nobody wants a Lemmy client to load ads; users only ever tolerate it in return for a more polished UI or whatever.
I didn’t make the statement that it’s their property, I made the statement that it’s being displayed through their application.