A Boring Dystopia

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Everything must be a subscription service (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] deadsenator@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is the app that makes them the sweet money. It will scrape your device for useful information (which you agreed was a-okay in the TOS simply by installing) and then sell that data multiple times over. This is why companies want an app for every damn thing.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 0 points 5 months ago

Apps can't "scrape your device for useful information". Modern apps are sandboxed and only have access to what you gave them permission to. Usually, they just gather the information from within the app. What you clicked, when you clicked, why you clicked, etc. If you give the app permission to location data and contacts, then they'll grab those, too, but you always have the option not to.

This is why companies, like Google, Amazon, Meta, try to push their own devices, they can have full access to your data.