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.
It’s because it’s not helpful.
Good for Chronos’ “fortune 500” company that can do what they need to do with LibreOffice. It’s not a solution for everyone and responding “just switch software vendors” is unhelpful in the extreme when you’re asking a tech question about a completely unrelated program. But for a minute they get to feel good about having virtue signaled as “one of the good ones.”
You’re assuming a negative connotation without any proof of such.
Not everything said is always a virtue signal. Sometimes someone just truly believe in what they’re saying and they know it from their own life experiences and perspective.
As far as the subject goes, I’m just repeating myself at this point, but …
I’ve seen it done before.
Usually how it’s done is that you install LibreOffice in parallel to Microsoft Office, and then you transition people over, over time.
Not that hard to do.
Sure, but again just saying “switch to x” is NOT HELPFUL when someone asks for support for a completely different product.
I too have seen (and overseen) large entities switch away from Office. I don’t doubt it can be done. I’m saying telling someone to ignore the problem they’re having and use your preferred FOSS baby is useless for them, absent any other advice.
And forgive me for assuming malice, but I’ve seen now two non-FOSS Lemmy clients release and the VAST majority of comments are indeed virtue signaling.
I wasn’t virtue signaling at all you moron, I was commenting on a fortune 500 company being such cheap penny pinchers they would rather use an inferior product. I would much prefer they use office.
Moron. What a nice guy you are.
Your prior comment definitely didn’t come off that way. You probably could have said what you just said here, but you didn’t. Given the context of the rest of the FOSS evangelists in this very thread, is it surprising your message wasn’t clear?
That’s because context matters, maybe read the comment I replied to. I called you a moron because you attacked my comment without any merit or proof of my position and accused me of shilling for freeware.