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Bose headphone owner + IT guy here,
their app is filled to the brim with spyware last time I checked!
Uninstalled it immediately after de-compiling and scanning for known trackers with ClassyShark3xodus.
No regrets, the headphones work perfectly well without that stupid app!
"tech enthusiast" vs "IT guy" in a nutshell.
Tech enthusiast: a little privacy breach is okay, as a treat for the headphones I already paid them money for. It's not their fault their app wants to know these things. It's mostly all good.
IT guy: shoot it 417 times after you uninstall it to make sure it's truly no longer on your phone.
Side story: I forgot my good earbuds at home one day and decided I didn't want to hear tools all day, so I bought a new pair at the store I was working at that day. 2 minutes later I'm at the counter again to return them because they wanted me to download an app and wouldn't pair without it. Bought a $1 pack of earplugs instead.
All the big apps are the same shit. The Sony app for wf and wh 1000xm3 have the same distopia conditions on the terms.
Oh yeah I know!
Lately I aim to only install FOSS apps from F-Droid for that reason.
If no F-Droid app available / only Play Store, then I always scan them with ClassyShark3xodus against trackers.
If they're filled with trackers (very likely) and not absolutely nessecary for my daily workflow, I uninstall them immediately.
Currently about 75% of my apps come from F-Droid, and hope to only increase that percentage! :)
Install on old phone
Setup equalizer
Never touch app ever again
No, it absolutely does not.