Saw this today and now I’m reconsidering if Boost is right for me. I’m really hoping this is shitty boiler plate that was accidentally copied and over looked because that is some bullshit to say “unless we decide we want to use your personal data for whatever we want”.
I know “legitimate interest” is a phrase from the cookies law but there is no legitimate interest justification for this. My data is my data and I decide who has a legitimate interest in it so advertisers can fuck off, as can Boost if this the direction it’s going.
Edit to say this blew up. I didn’t realise I was kicking as big a hornet’s nest and haven’t read all the comments yet.
To be clear, what I don’t like about this and other provisions in the terms is the language and implications around data use. I’ve no problem with ads being shown - I want developers to get paid for the work they do and that makes it possible for users to have “free” access to software if they can’t afford to purchase.
I also want to add the response from Boost’s dev below to make sure it’s visible. You’ll see that it is boilerplate but required by Google and was present in Boost for reddit. I just hadn’t seen it because I purchased it immediately based on a recommendation. It doesn’t make me happy about it but does remove some doubts I was having about the direction Boost is heading.
I will be purchasing the app to support the dev because I do like Boost but I understand not everyone can afford everything so you’ll see some other suggestions in the comments below that don’t have any ads if you’re not happy with the free version and ads with their associated loss of data privacy.
Dev here.
The dialog and its content is not created by me, it is a standard solution from Google to comply with GDPR and other laws. More info here: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/10114014?hl=en
The consent dialog is also required by Google AdMob to show ads, and it is shown when the ad network is initialized.
When the app launches, first it checks for the remove ads purchase, and if it is not present, it will initialize the ads sdk. The ad network is not initialized if the remove ads purchase is detected.
Boost for Reddit was using the very same ad networks and consent dialog.
B-but the pretty colors and design!
They don’t care. Never have. They are happy to give away their soul to Google if it means it’s a little more convenient/pretty.
They are not in lemmy because of fediverse/descentralization/privacy/foss, they are here just because they don’t want to be in reddit.
Hey, let’s applaud people who reject a shitheel company like Reddit instead of holding them to a high standard of orthodoxy. Baby steps in the right direction are still positive.
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Sometimes FOSS sucks and you go non open source route. Lol. Not everyone is a Linux using elitist.
I always use whatever I find best for my needs. All the apps for Lemmy sucked, only reason I’m here is because sync for Reddit notified me they were making an app for Lemmy. Before sync was out I couldn’t find a single app I would consider usable.
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Who is this “we” you are talking about? Everyone is free to join here for whatever reason, and is free to use whatever app they want. This kind of toxic mentality you are showing is very off putting.
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And without the users it doesn’t matter which app you use. So let people have their fun, let people make their own choices and maybe in your eyes - mistakes.
The developer of this app is well within his rights to be paid for his time developing this app. Don’t like ads, either pay or move on.
Indirectly he is still helping you and the communities you subscribed to by getting users on-board and bringing more people in touch with Lemmy and FOSS. Gatekeeping isn’t helping anyone.
I am here for the FOSS decentralized platform, but this kind of “if you don’t use linux on you desktop and an ungoogled android phone then you just don’t care” attitude is what makes some people see FOSS and decentralized platforms as a niche thing for geeks who care too much, and not a thing for then too
if someone hits me with that gnu+linux im removing any lemmy related apps from my ungoogled android phoneBanning the gatekeepers, don’t worry we gotchu.
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So what? Users are welcome here no matter what their reasoning. Honestly this is a very shitty attitude to have and if you look around it’s one of the main things that puts people off from using Lemmy. You are not part of the solution you are part the problem.
Instead of turning people away, be happy they are here and they might get in touch with FOSS organically.