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Eh, I've been using Sync since Reddit, and I'm used to its interface. The developer added ads when he adapted if for Lemmy, and honestly, it's fine. It's a single man dev team, and I've been using his product for free for years. If he's decided he wants to make a couple of bucks for his labor, fine.
It also has a dark mode, but I've set it to only turn on with my nightly Do Not Disturb. It also has a couple of other features I like, like a Drafts folder and built-in Ascii emoticons. I don't know how it stacks up against other apps, but I'm used to it and I'm unlikely to switch. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sorry, that was a lot more peremptory than I meant it to be! Don't get me wrong, it's a slick app. If it was just a question if throwing the guy a few bucks I'd do it in a heartbeat, I too believe in paying for good software. But the trackers are my real problem. This app doesn't need to know my location, who I am, what I read, who I message, which links I go to, etc etc. I'm not sure if all that in Sync is required for the ads, or if they use it for more too, but they could use it for more, and anyway like others have said we're some of us here at least in part to get away from that kind of surveillance.
You might go back to Sync, but it's definitely worth your while checking out other apps that don't track you if you care about that at all. If not, of course, then none of the above applies haha 😅
Well, I've deleted my Ad ID on Android. My understanding is that should make it pretty difficult for advertisers to collect much data on me from any app.
"marketers hate this simple trick"
as a developer i can assure you they have plenty other means to collect your data. the ad id is only for displaying targeted ads, but the spying goes on