• willybe@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    I take it schools aren’t teaching tech literacy. We wouldn’t want the kids to get in the way of our overlord marketing agencies.

    • MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      I wonder if they ever really have? When I was in school they taught you how to use a computer, but not what the computer was doing or how it worked.

      I’m not too connected to the educational sector anymore but anecdotally it seems like becoming tech literate has a growing stigma (it’s always had a stigma). Happily ignoring what it’s doing while it’s actively abusing you.

  • Rubén@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Boost dev here. There should be an Ad icon on the top right to report the ad. Not sure why it is not showing in this case. I will try to block those ads in the AdMob console. Edit: Done

    • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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      6 months ago

      I’m not a boost user, but why does boost have ads exactly? Why don’t you just ask users to buy a license a la grayjay? Make it 0.99 or less. This has a few advantages:

      • You’ll make more per user than you ever will with ads
      • Users won’t be tracked endlessly
      • It’s good PR for the app

      Also quick question, where is the source code for Boost? I can’t seem to find it

        • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info
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          6 months ago

          I don’t think Boost is open source

          oh, so that’s why it has ads, they don’t care about their users… alright… I’m not interested in this conversation anymore

          • HaruAjsuru@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            This is a bad mindset. Even though FOSS software is a good thing, but there is nothing wrong to make money from their hard work, you cannot and should not force developers to work for free if they don’t want to.

            If you want free software then there are FOSS alternative options out there and nobody forces you to use Boost.

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Idk, I’ve tried a few but still like Boost; just can’t get into Jerboa or Liftoff, which I tried. It’s mostly just their ad network being meh — though I mostly just get crappy fake gameplay ads, and not enough to bother me. I’m not even sure if they’re targeting me, cause if they are, they’re pretty bad at it.

    Unfortunately I’m sure the app developer doesn’t get much say, virtually all mobile app networks are cancer.

      • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        Not even one ad, it’s open source same with Eternity.

        I switched from Jerboa to Eternity because of the 0.19 update fuss.

        • rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          6 months ago

          What’s this fuss about ? I was a Eternity user before Lemmy (I don’t recall the name of this app, when it waS reddit) edit:typo

      • Auzy@beehaw.org
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        6 months ago

        Boost don’t operate the Ad network…

        And, if you pay for the app, they disappear. I agree ads suck, but you can’t really blame boost for this. Even when I did have ads though, honestly, I never saw ads like this

  • hackris@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Please. For the love of god, NEVER use a proprietary app to use a piece of FOSS software. I think it’s kind of sad that we have this amazing FOSS social network and people use fucking proprietary software to use it.

    • voxel@sopuli.xyz
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      6 months ago

      i use sync. there’s nothing even close to the quality of the client. (The onlt client that implements material you in a fun and usable way, sync is usable one-handed)
      I had been using Liftoff for a while (before switching to Sync as soon as it came out), which i quite liked but it feels a lot worse than sync

      • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        (The onlt client that implements material you in a fun and usable way, sync is usable one-handed)

        Touchscreen keyboards and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

    • pirrrrrrrr@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      Open-source it a better interface then.

      Until it’s as useful as at least Sync for Lemmy, people will use 3rd party proprietary apps

      • hackris@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        I mean isn’t Lemmy licensed under the AGPL? I’m just asking because AFAIK a proprietary client is not even allowed under this license.

        • SeriousBug@infosec.pubEnglish
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          6 months ago

          You couldn’t make a proprietary server. Client is fine, AGPL doesn’t apply when you are accessing the server over a public API.

          • Preston Maness ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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            6 months ago

            AGPL doesn’t apply when you are accessing the server over a public API.

            The AGPL does apply when interacting with the covered work (Lemmy server) over a network. A proprietary client would still nevertheless be required, upon request, to furnish you with the source code of the covered work it is talking to over the network (the Lemmy server).

            • boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
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              6 months ago

              Do you really know what you are talking about? I think you’re bullshitting. We are talking about propriety client which doesnt modified the source codes of the server.