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That's what you get when you live in a world where most people aren't willing to shell out $1.99 for their apps. Developer time isn't free, and these apps are g
by dymk 8y ago
That's what you get when you live in a world where most people aren't willing to shell out $1.99 for their apps. Developer time isn't free, and these apps are going to be monetized somehow.
- ungzd 8y agoOn desktop, we have enormously complex software that's available for free. Why clang does not send all my passwords to shady servers and Blender does not lock my computer and demand ransom? Yet flashlight app which cost 1 man-hour to develop demands "$1.99 or all your private data".
- def_true_false 8y agoUse F-Droid.
- UncleMeat 8y agoClang and Blender are not the norm for desktop software.
- pjmlp 8y agoBecause Apple, Sony, Google, IBM, ARM, Microsoft,.... have other sources of revenue.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoPaid apps are turning to this as well.
- w1nst0nsm1th 8y agoI bought Office Suite Pro for 14$ or something on a rooted Android phone. Having access to the private data folder of the app (/data/data/...), I could read the content of a sqlite database created by the app... in which there was reference of all the files from the userspace storage (/sdcard). According to their privacy policy, they collect all the "data needed in order to improve their services and offering" and "can provide these data to third-party" for that purpose. Paying for an app on android platform is no assurance the app actually respect your privacy.