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New Advertisement and Internet connection permissions for Simple SMS Messenger on Google Play Store... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by reactive_recall@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] tom42@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree that F-Droid is great!

What I usually do is to buy the pro version on Google Play and install it later on F-Droid.

On the other hand I don't see anything wrong for non tech people to install FOSS apps from the Play Store. The apps are still FOSS

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly. When building for play store release - google injects their tracking into the binary.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

I think this is a myth. Android Studio or something allows to build it in, but Google doesnt automatically do that. Afaik