Full stack developer and privacy advocate. I like to keep the mentality, if you can program one language well, then you can program in any language!
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!
Next time you get consumerism cravings,
try out a new open source app of some sort!
Looking for one feels like shopping / getting a new thing.
It won’t upset your wallet,
it will likely make you happy,
it will make the developer of the app happy,
and it will likely be good for your privacy/battery life as well!
Only show interest in open source software,
let the anti consumer surveillance tech companies drown.
For SearX,
checkout these random SearX redirectors:
Both increase your privacy + prevent rate limits.
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! :)