TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee to Sync for Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSync is back on the Play Store, but it's not a third-party Reddit app anymorewww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square309fedilinkarrow-up12.38Karrow-down131cross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.world
arrow-up12.34Karrow-down1external-linkSync is back on the Play Store, but it's not a third-party Reddit app anymorewww.androidpolice.comTheGreenGolem@lemm.ee to Sync for Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square309fedilinkcross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.world
minus-squareHello_there@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·1 year agoWhy is financial info / purchase history collected?
minus-squareLjdawson (Sync dev)@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·1 year agoTo check your in-app purchases / subscriptions. Sync can only check its own purchase history.
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-21 year agoIt looks like there will be a paid version via an in-app purchase, so I imagine that this permission is used for license validation between installs. EDIT: From the data safety page: Data collected and for what purpose Purchase history App functionality, Account management
minus-squarewhoareu@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI went to pre register Sync and saw the list of data it collects. It turned me off. I will just keep using Connect for Lemmy.
minus-squarestatic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoRight now there’s an IAP for Sync Ultra that is monthly or annual
Why is financial info / purchase history collected?
To check your in-app purchases / subscriptions.
Sync can only check its own purchase history.
It looks like there will be a paid version via an in-app purchase, so I imagine that this permission is used for license validation between installs.
EDIT: From the data safety page:
I went to pre register Sync and saw the list of data it collects. It turned me off. I will just keep using Connect for Lemmy.
Right now there’s an IAP for Sync Ultra that is monthly or annual