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Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls by tombrossman on Monday September 09, 2019 @11:38AM (#20919136)
The advantage to using Google Play is that apps containing ads are clearly labelled as such. Apple won't tell you this in advance. (This was my biggest surprise, recently switching from Android after the CopperheadOS meltdown)
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Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls by Fnoord on Monday September 09, 2019 @12:14PM (#20919488)
Honestly I care less about ads and more about trackers.

Google Play says nada about trackers. Exodus project (and therefore F-Droid) does.

If you come from CopperheadOS I can recommend /e/ or LineageOS + microG (/e/ also contains microG). microG does not implement GAds. You will still need to block trackers though.

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Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls by tombrossman on Monday September 09, 2019 @02:56PM (#20921138)
I agree with you about the trackers, but I just assume ads=tracking. I cannot see any app marketplace saying their apps contain tracking in the main description (it's always buried in the fine print).

My understanding is that GrapheneOS[0] is the successor to CopperheadOS, and I think that's what I'll try next. There isn't an Exodus Privacy or F-Droid for iOS and these are sorely missed.

[0]https://grapheneos.org/

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Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls by klingonopera on Monday September 09, 2019 @07:50PM (#20923782)
Holy crap, how have I never heard of microG? Thank you!
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Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls by ajscanlan on Monday September 09, 2019 @12:26PM (#20919607)
Does the iOS App Store mention if an app uses trackers?
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Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls by saagarjha on Monday September 09, 2019 @01:46PM (#20920462)
Nope. I would expect it to be difficult to analyze for that, at least with the amount of effort Apple is currently putting into App Store review.
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