>all this traffic would just be re-routed through the app developer's back end If it's any consolation, running a proxy at least increases the baseline cost of

>all this traffic would just be re-routed through the app developer's back end If it's any consolation, running a proxy at least increases the baseline cost of using 3P trackers. User telemetry and other data is small, but for popular apps that adds up and gets factored into the equation on whether or not to use 3P.