Classic corporate response. They're sorry because their analytics shows that brand sentiment will increase by x%, and they don't even need to mean it. Happy customer of Dark Sky here.
Recent convert to Dark Sky. Highly recommend it. One of those increasingly rare instances where you can pay upfront for quality software.
Unless you are outside the US or UK or don't want to create a new iTunes account tied to those places (if you happen to have a valid card or an iTunes gift card for these countries)
Recent convert to Dark Sky. Highly recommend it. One of those increasingly rare instances where you can pay upfront for quality software.
Unless you are outside the US or UK or don't want to create a new iTunes account tied to those places (if you happen to have a valid card or an iTunes gift card for these countries)
Classic corporate response. They're sorry because their analytics shows that brand sentiment will increase by x%, and they don't even need to mean it. Happy customer of Dark Sky here.
Dark Sky actually addressed this topic recently with some additional information. Good read.
Then you might as well stop using your smartphone and all 3rd party apps on it. The vast majority contain SDKs which tattle your whereabouts, contacts and other interesting tidbits to advertising networks.
Would love a source for the "vast majority" part. I doubt hardly any of the apps I use on a regular basis do this, assuming I even give them those permissions.
It is a cynical opinion often repeated, but is not true. Many apps use analytics but limit it to data such as crash information and device hardware / OS version.
There are absolutely other apps which perform tracking similar to AccuWeather, but not many (on iOS anyway).
Although, I like their service - just uninstalled. Peace. Didn't even realize this was happening until this article. But seriously, we should consider enacting laws against this. For advertising purposes they shouldn't need anything more than a city location. Even then, there should be an option to turn it off.
theweathernetwork.ca has always had better results for me. On mobile you can save a bookmark to it on your home screen so it works just like an app. Open in Ghostery to block the ads and you're on your way.
Then you might as well stop using your smartphone and all 3rd party apps on it. The vast majority contain SDKs which tattle your whereabouts, contacts and other interesting tidbits to advertising networks.
Then you might as well stop using your smartphone and all 3rd party apps on it. ...Is probably the right answer. Unfortunately, if you want a phone that actually works these days, you're basically stuck with iOS or Android devices, and all the junk that implies. If I could buy a modern dumbphone that just works as a phone, with decent components so it has good reception and reliability, and ignore the whole smartphon…
I do cyagenomod(lineageos) with all the Google stripped out. A terminal, ssh, Firefox mobile, and a YouTube apk with ads stripped. This is why privacy respecting Foss and the four freedoms are important. Eventually people will wake up as the surveillance state becomes more abrasively obvious to even the lay-user.
Or, you might as well start paying for the apps you use (like more than $1) :) The vast majority of FREE 3rd party apps have tracking SDK, that is an important distinction. I mean really, what did you expect, the developers of those apps giving them for free in exchange for nothing? (the fact that they hide this is another discussion)
Serious question... Is there any data on usage of tracking for paid vs free apps? There are plenty of cookie onboarding vendors who will pay a monthly recurring CPM rate for mobile logins that they can match against and they do not require you to show ads. So if the majority of users are not privacy aware and would just accept whatever permissions are requested, what is the disincentive for a paid app to include thes…