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Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This blew up pretty fast and hard. MKBHD released a wallpaper app that asks for a ton of data and only allows you to download 1080p wallpapers unless you pay $50.

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[–] monogram@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago

Brownlee says these data disclosures are “likely too broad” and that “we’d never actually actually ask for your location, internet history, etc.”

Yes indeed then they received complaints about said disclosure and are attempting to make it out to be a mistake.