Saw this today and now I'm reconsidering if Boost is right for me. I'm really hoping this is shitty boiler plate that was accidentally copied and over looked because that is some bullshit to say "unless we decide we want to use your personal data for whatever we want".
I know "legitimate interest" is a phrase from the cookies law but there is no legitimate interest justification for this. My data is my data and I decide who has a legitimate interest in it so advertisers can fuck off, as can Boost if this the direction it's going.
Edit to say this blew up. I didn't realise I was kicking as big a hornet's nest and haven't read all the comments yet.
To be clear, what I don't like about this and other provisions in the terms is the language and implications around data use. I've no problem with ads being shown - I want developers to get paid for the work they do and that makes it possible for users to have "free" access to software if they can't afford to purchase.
I also want to add the response from Boost's dev below to make sure it's visible. You'll see that it is boilerplate but required by Google and was present in Boost for reddit. I just hadn't seen it because I purchased it immediately based on a recommendation. It doesn't make me happy about it but does remove some doubts I was having about the direction Boost is heading.
I will be purchasing the app to support the dev because I do like Boost but I understand not everyone can afford everything so you'll see some other suggestions in the comments below that don't have any ads if you're not happy with the free version and ads with their associated loss of data privacy.
Dev here.
The dialog and its content is not created by me, it is a standard solution from Google to comply with GDPR and other laws. More info here: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/10114014?hl=en
The consent dialog is also required by Google AdMob to show ads, and it is shown when the ad network is initialized.
When the app launches, first it checks for the remove ads purchase, and if it is not present, it will initialize the ads sdk. The ad network is not initialized if the remove ads purchase is detected.
Boost for Reddit was using the very same ad networks and consent dialog.
These people don't even know what regular humans want/need. They're content to use half-baked software with 70% of the features, and feel like everyone should do the same.
For all the ridiculous FOSS zealots, why are you even here? This software isn't kosher to your religion.
The thing I don't understand is how they expect everyone to switch to Linux. I've explained to them in multiple comments, which are always heavily downvoted, how I cannot switch to Linux because the industry I work in requires software and hardware that only run on Windows.
They never have any reply to it. They just downvote and move on.
I was also always was under the impression that companies don't port their software to Linux because of the user-base being smaller, but Lemmy has showed me that it's more so entitlement. Why would these companies spend time and money porting to Linux when the Linux community is so negative? They only want FOSS. They want the best of the best, but they don't want to pay anyone for it. They believe that developers should work for free, because they refuse to use any ad-backed software, but also refuse to open their wallet.
It's also such a shame, because I run Linux on a secondary machine, distro hop often, and keep tabs on Linux news frequently. I've always hoped for Linux to take off, but the current Lemmy community has genuinely put such a sour taste in my mouth when it comes to Linux and FOSS. It's like when a person you liked comes out as a racist pedophile, and now you can't enjoy any of the movies they are in anymore lmao. As stupid as it sounds, my interest in Linux has decreased in the past few months. I almost don't even want to be associated with it anymore.