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@halva

BlueSky's app shouldn't be collecting data though, if they really are decentralised. Mastodon's app doesn't collect anything at all.

(Also, as BlueSky is a for-profit corporation backed by VC money, guessing we will see ever more bullet points pop up on BS's surveillance list in the future.)

@FediTips @halva Mastodon app does collect data though. It asks you for your email (contact info), you give it images and videos etc (user content). You are deliberately being stupid to try to rag on something you don't like

@ipg @halva

The email goes to your server, not to the app. The signing in process on the official and third party Mastodon apps happens through your server's website (that's why it looks like a browser when you do that part of the signing in, it is using your phone's web browser for that part).

"you give it images and videos etc (user content). "

That isn't going to the app, that's going to your server. The data from those isn't passed on to the app.

@FediTips @halva The email goes to your Bluesky server as well on the Bluesky app. What point are you trying to make here. How does using the browser vs using an API call matter here

@ipg

The point I'm making is this data doesn't need to be collected by the app, yet BlueSky is doing this according to their app store privacy list.

BlueSky is behaving like a centralised service while advertising itself as decentralised.