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The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Love how the top comment is a rando saying it's unavoidable but the dev literally says below that they fixed it.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

The [exact ad from the] specific advertiser will never be seen again, so indeed the issue has been mitigated.

Other bad actors are still out there, though, hence the need for the report button the dev mentioned.