I was planning to wait and see what Boost has to offer before deciding if I should pay $20 to remove ads on Sync, but seeing this has convinced me to delete the app for good. Even Reddit isn’t half as bad as Sync when it comes to trackers and shady ads.
You’re absolutely 100% wrong about this. That’s not how DDG’s app tracking protection works. I’ve tried almost every available Lemmy app on the Play Store and only Sync triggers DDG. Links are handled by the system’s browser, either in an in-app window or a full browser window. They do not trigger DDG because they are not trackers in apps. DDG’s app tracking protection works to protect you from trackers in your… Wait for it… Apps. Not websites. If website trackers caused DDG to trigger, then Chrome/Firefox/your preferred browser would be at the top of that list any time you browsed for even a moment, because most websites have embedded trackers.
That said, Sync has been the most polished and smooth app I’ve used, so I’ve been running it, but I’m hopeful that when Boost launches, it won’t have the same approach Sync does with tracking.
Really. If what he said was true, then Reddit would also have hundreds of trackers. Since it works the exact same way. People need to think before they post.