Not sure why the above got downvoted, it seems to echo the other sentiments. As a developer I have a hard time imagining building an application that doesn't u

Not sure why the above got downvoted, it seems to echo the other sentiments. As a developer I have a hard time imagining building an application that doesn't use data to provide a higher level of experience in some way. Of course there is a very long rabbit hole on how data collected to create a novel experience then gets used in other ways to provide revenue. We just live in a world where applications are able to hide almost everything that is happening behind the scenes from the user, and advertising drives the majority of free applications, and this opens a gateway to major abuse...