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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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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)

submitted 2 years ago by golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

As always, use free software. Look for Lemmy clients in F-Droid. Voyager is a good one.

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's always struck me as a bit odd that people choose to use a paid proprietary app to access a free and open source social media platform which is developed and hosted entirely by volunteers based on donations. Whilst I don't have a problem with people making money off of Lemmy apps, making them proprietary and with ads seems against the spirit of Lemmy

[–] adrian783@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

radiowaves are free, radio sets aren't.

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Transmitters aren't free

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It might be greed or to offset their server costs. Or both.