Use FOSS apps, guys.

  • bluejay@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    1 year ago

    I saw this with other Lemmy apps recently. It 100% grabs trackers from posts as well. The remaining Google ones are likely related to ads in the app which I would expect to disappear when you remove ads.

    I’ll give it a whirl and report back in a bit.

    • knitipka@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 year ago

      So I tested other Lemmy apps. Liftoff is clean, but tracker control grabs all links form it. But now I’m using Thunder, and after 20min of using, it only detect one link - to reddit.

      • bluejay@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Here’s how I tested:

        Pihole off on my home network, TC running. Open Sync (I paid for ultra, so no ads) and then exported the csv. There were zero hits. Open theScore (riddled with trackers and ads) and then exported the csv. There were 16 hits.

        Left is Sync, right is theScore.

          • bluejay@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            My goal wasn’t to compare Sync to other Lemmy apps, it was to compare it to something I know has a bunch of trackers/ads in it. theScore is a sports news/scores app.