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<blockquote data-quote="SeriousHoax" data-source="post: 942429" data-attributes="member: 78686"><p>Just to let you know, I caught the Joey app developer red-handed around 2 years ago. The app was secretly connecting to some google ad domains and some other suspicious domains which was possibly related to users data collection. Google ads and google doubleclick trackers were embedded in the app itself. Back then the app was completely free with no ads. Many users on reddit used to ask the dev, how come such an amazing app like this is totally free? Why doesn't he monetize it? The dev always ignored these questions. He would answer everything else but always avoided those.</p><p>I got suspicious and checked all the DNS connection made by the app. The domains included google ad domains, some other ad services and as I said also some other suspicious looking domains. Keep in mind once again that the app was completely free to use with no ads, no limitations. </p><p>Then I shared it on the subreddit and the dev became furious and defensive. But he was unable to explain why his app connected to those domains. Many users saw that and stopped using it. </p><p>After that later sometime in the future, he changed the model of his app and now it has a free version with ads and a paid version. </p><p>So no matter how good the app is, I would stay away from anything created by this dishonest dev.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeriousHoax, post: 942429, member: 78686"] Just to let you know, I caught the Joey app developer red-handed around 2 years ago. The app was secretly connecting to some google ad domains and some other suspicious domains which was possibly related to users data collection. Google ads and google doubleclick trackers were embedded in the app itself. Back then the app was completely free with no ads. Many users on reddit used to ask the dev, how come such an amazing app like this is totally free? Why doesn't he monetize it? The dev always ignored these questions. He would answer everything else but always avoided those. I got suspicious and checked all the DNS connection made by the app. The domains included google ad domains, some other ad services and as I said also some other suspicious looking domains. Keep in mind once again that the app was completely free to use with no ads, no limitations. Then I shared it on the subreddit and the dev became furious and defensive. But he was unable to explain why his app connected to those domains. Many users saw that and stopped using it. After that later sometime in the future, he changed the model of his app and now it has a free version with ads and a paid version. So no matter how good the app is, I would stay away from anything created by this dishonest dev. [/QUOTE]
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