Saw this today and now I’m reconsidering if Boost is right for me. I’m really hoping this is shitty boiler plate that was accidentally copied and over looked because that is some bullshit to say “unless we decide we want to use your personal data for whatever we want”.

I know “legitimate interest” is a phrase from the cookies law but there is no legitimate interest justification for this. My data is my data and I decide who has a legitimate interest in it so advertisers can fuck off, as can Boost if this the direction it’s going.

Edit to say this blew up. I didn’t realise I was kicking as big a hornet’s nest and haven’t read all the comments yet.

To be clear, what I don’t like about this and other provisions in the terms is the language and implications around data use. I’ve no problem with ads being shown - I want developers to get paid for the work they do and that makes it possible for users to have “free” access to software if they can’t afford to purchase.

I also want to add the response from Boost’s dev below to make sure it’s visible. You’ll see that it is boilerplate but required by Google and was present in Boost for reddit. I just hadn’t seen it because I purchased it immediately based on a recommendation. It doesn’t make me happy about it but does remove some doubts I was having about the direction Boost is heading.

I will be purchasing the app to support the dev because I do like Boost but I understand not everyone can afford everything so you’ll see some other suggestions in the comments below that don’t have any ads if you’re not happy with the free version and ads with their associated loss of data privacy.

Dev here.

The dialog and its content is not created by me, it is a standard solution from Google to comply with GDPR and other laws. More info here: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/10114014?hl=en

The consent dialog is also required by Google AdMob to show ads, and it is shown when the ad network is initialized.

When the app launches, first it checks for the remove ads purchase, and if it is not present, it will initialize the ads sdk. The ad network is not initialized if the remove ads purchase is detected.

Boost for Reddit was using the very same ad networks and consent dialog.

  • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    14348·
    9 months ago

    Not being FOSS disqualifies any lemmy client for me, I dont want a client that undermines what I like about the platform.

      • v_krishna@lemmy.mlEnglish
        113·
        9 months ago

        I’ve seen the jerboa dev community grow tremendously and the app improve by leaps and bounds too! Nowadays it basically exceeds my old RIF experience in every way except for the traffic level on lemmy vs reddit.

        • iegod@lemm.eeEnglish
          914·
          9 months ago

          Why does rif keep ggetting cited as some kind of bastion of app development. Rif was shit compared to the alternatives.

          • Derin@lemmy.beru.coEnglish
            206·
            9 months ago

            I significantly preferred Rif to the alternatives.

            It’s almost like people who aren’t you exist and are allowed to have their own opinions. Crazy, right?

      • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        83·
        9 months ago

        If you mean Lemmy: Lemmy is an open source and decentralized alternative to Reddit.

        If you mean /c/boost, it gets federated to my instance.

    • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I think what Lemmy and other federated platforms are really about is the freedom of choice. The fact that there are numerous viable open-source clients means that Lemmy had succeeded at giving people the power to choose, including the right to choose to move to a proprietary app because you like it more.