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I believe in class actions as the most efficient way for large groups (of consumers or small businesses) to resolve disputes. Have to think about the specific claim. Yesterday's wr…

Your diagnosis is correct. VPT has been most focused on building our testing automation, then improving reports and dashboards. We knew this spike of traffic was coming, but we did…

choult: The factors you mention are the factors that led me to propose the "Honey's Dieselgate" title and to compare Honey to VW. Of course I agree that health is more important th…

Was the VPT site not working for you, so you had to resort to archive.org? Original link https://vptdigital.com/blog/honey-detecting-testers/ . Anyone having trouble -- contact Ben…

Ben here. My real (substantive) write-up is https://vptdigital.com/blog/honey-detecting-testers/ . Happy to discuss / answer questions / etc.

Thanks for these suggestions. You may be right. I split the article into pages based on feedback from early readers that it was too long. Custom nav bar in the top-right, but maybe…

Bloomberg reports both that Applovin says they did get user consent ("Users never get downloads with any of our products without explicitly requesting it") and that they're nonethe…

Yup, can see what package installed a package both via ADB and even in the Settings > Apps GUI. Of course that's a slightly different question from whether the install was nonconse…

lukec11, I would enjoy chatting with you about methods and findings. Send a note? https://www.benedelman.org/mail/

Are you sure BlueStacks installs apps without user consent? I know BlueStacks as an emulator to play Android games on PC and Mac. That's a legitimate business, 100% consistent with…

Ben Edelman here, author of the page you linked above and the full article at https://www.benedelman.org/applovin-nonconsensual-installs/ (linked from top of this page). Happy to a…

Previously FLP was uploading files that users can read with a web browser -- HTML, PDF, and also XML with metadata. I could and did link directly to HTML and PDFs, including circul…

I'm the author of the article linked at the start of the thread. Replying to try to focus the discussion on the specific change I was writing about. Piker, can you say more about h…

You should consider filing a formal comment with DOT about your experience, and especially your surprise at the unexpected charges. This is straightforward using the Comment Now bu…

Indeed. DOT fines tend to be small in this area. On the other hand, it is notable that DOT considered and rejected each of AA's defenses. That could be useful as precedent. Some pa…