How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls

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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