@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years 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-square246fedilinkarrow-up1524
arrow-up1524imageThe 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.ml@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square246fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years 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-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish15•2 years agoI didn’t make the statement that it’s their property, I made the statement that it’s being displayed through their application.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years 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.
The title is a little disingenuous. Claiming this is a property of the Boost app isn’t correct… It’s just an ad network.
I didn’t make the statement that it’s their property, I made the statement that it’s being displayed through their application.
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.