What constitutes Usage Data. Is it sharing the posts I view, communities I subscribe to etc?

Does paying for a premium version stop this data being collected?

  • @awwwyissss@lemm.eeEnglish
    124•1 year ago

    I got to that exact screen and my excitement went from 100 to like 10. I’m back on Connect, didn’t even take Sync out for a spin.

    • @Wet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41•1 year ago

      Same for me. Tried disabling personal data for all advertisers but you gotta go one by one, there’s no Reject all option and there are way too many… so back to Connect.

    • @Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15•1 year ago

      The exact same for me, and I had just made a new account to use with sync for lemmy - logged in via sync, then read the privacy policy, logged out, and closed the app. I was crushed because now I couldn’t even use the cool username I signed up with anywhere else either because now the admachines already knew it and probably already attached it to my device ID.

      • @Stumblinbear@pawb.socialEnglish
        13•1 year ago

        GA collects very limited information by default. You have to go pretty far out of your way to give Google usernames, posts, etc for ad purposes. It’s likely the only thing they received was a device identifier generated specifically for the new install of the app. You’re fine.

      • @awwwyissss@lemm.eeEnglish
        10•1 year ago

        Yeah that’s the shitty thing about interacting with these corporate spying services, they’re very good at invading your privacy and making connections to break your anonymity.

      • Rikudou_SageEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        You most likely can use the account, unless the author is intentionally doing something shady, Google doesn’t know your username from this interaction.

        • @Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          Google doesn’t know the username of someone logged in? I thought that might be the first piece of data that Google picks up.

          • Rikudou_SageEnglish
            4•1 year ago

            They have no way to know it, unless the author of the web or app lets them know.

            • @Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              That makes sense. And if app devs aren’t really enthusiastic about having ads trackers, I suppose they’ll also want to do the bare minimum for them.

    • @Wahots@pawb.socialEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      I’ve been using DDG for tracking, and Connect had all sorts of weird tracking when I used it. Check it out with some network monitor and make sure it’s not sending back your info.