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Re:Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app by masthead on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:08AM (#20582509)
What's the privacy policy around this?

Will the count be used later?

Re:Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app by farbodsaraf on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:21AM (#20582566)
We don't store anything, everything is in the localstorage. We only use Google Analytics without any custom code, we don't use it to track specific metrics.

The app is open-source, you can have a look at the code.

Re:Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app by xwdv on Thursday August 01, 2019 @09:24AM (#20583473)
Missed opportunity IMO, I would pay good money to get access to that kind of data, especially as it acquired more users.
Re:Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app by ShamelessC on Thursday August 01, 2019 @01:20PM (#20586077)
So it's a missed opportunity to make money without regard to the ethics of user privacy?

Thanks for being part of the problem I guess?

Re:Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app by xwdv on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:39PM (#20588107)
It’s anonymous data. I don’t see how getting data on which applications are getting hits and around what times they occur is violating anyone’s privacy.
Re:Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app by debaserab2 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @09:34AM (#20583538)
gross