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?

  • fisco™🇬🇧🇺🇦@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Doesn’t this ad/subscription model, go against the grain a bit? With Lemmy & the fediverse in general, being an opensource environment, which has no ads, & funded by donations, rather than a subscription model…

    • peterpan520@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No, it doesn’t. Unlike Reddit, Twitter, or Threads, Lemmy offers a variety of apps. There are so many that there is something for everyone. Even a “professional” app that finances itself with advertising or a subscription is allowed. The special thing about Lemmy is the freedom of choice.

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Funding your project with donations is just not a realistic long-term goal. This is why so many instances fold up shop in just a couple of weeks as their servers are overloaded and no one donates money to keep it up.

      Capitalism is a problem but it doesn’t mean everything has to be socialism. There can be an in-between.

    • solarizde@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I hope there will be a pro version where you can pay to opt out of all ad and track nonsense.

  • andysteakfries@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    LJ was very adamant about not collecting or keeping any user data under the reddit regime. I’m happy giving him the benefit of the doubt here.

      • andysteakfries@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Removing ads via IAP or the Sync Ultra subscription eliminates that data sharing.

        Per the dev, responding to my question in the discord server just now.

        • ZodiacPi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Why are the responses to all these questions happening in Discord rather than the official Sync Lemmy channel? 🤔

                • Contend6248@feddit.deEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  Yes, i do enjoy searching my way through 5648 shit posts with the keyword of a problem i’m trying to solve.

                  So the only way you can avoid that is to ask the same question which was already answered 10 times by the same person over the last couple of weeks.

                  What a great way to troubleshoot