My old ones broke two days ago and I needed new ones. I chose earbuds from NOTHIHG because according to reviews they are really good for the money. Now, their app is asking me to accept this privacy policy. Maybe this policy is just some general place holder for other products because they sell phones too. And they would have browser history there. Or I could use the earbuds without the app. But the default tuning on them is very bass heavy and I need to change that.
I use DNS resolver on my phone with a lot of filters, so this removed will get blocked. I think I will bite the bullet for now but this is probably the last thing I bought from this company.
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Because they want to check if there’s Nothing in your history!
Because nothing is sacred to them.
You answered your own question… “I chose earbuds from NOTHIHG because according to reviews they are really good for the money.”
The price for them is not just the money…
So they can profile you and sell that profile to other companies for profit. Same reason why every other app
asks fordemands it.Isn’t spez a part of nothing?
I just checked. Yes, spez is investor of nothing. Another reason to avoid this company.
I really dig their industrial design etc looks dope I just recalled seeing that on their site when i was checking them out a year or two ago
I just bought a pair of Bose QC headphones and their app needs not only that but location turned on as well! Uninstalled that removed and never gonna buy Bose products again. They smell awful too because apparently they’re too cheap to vent out the chemical additives they use.
This is true for any Android app requiring Bluetooth communication, not sure about iOS. An app might be able to figure where you are at based on the Bluetooth beacons (or any wireless) devices around. Hence treating it as a location permission as well.
This has been changed starting with Android 12 where they have specific Bluetooth permissions that filter out Bluetooth beacons. But it will probably take while before apps update using the new permission
https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/bluetooth/bt-permissions
Throw this garbage away.
Is that screenshot from the app? If so, the app appears to be using the Android System Webview. So it has an Internet permission. Personally I would deny that and firewall the app.
Edit on re-read
I didn’t think of that. The app seems to work fine without internet access. Thanks for the advice.
That’s a good work around for a fundamental issue with the app, but how reliable is it? I wish there was a blanket method to disable internet connectivity for an app, rather than relying on a firewall (IIRC they’re pretty leaky, and I struggle to maintain anything that’s always-on) or custom DNS server.
There is.
Is this stock Android? I don’t have this option on mine, as far as I can tell. The closest I have is “Allow background data usage”
Testing the app or any other service from the same company before purchasing their stuff gives you a rough idea about the business behind
Don’t worry about it. It’s Nothing
Nothing buds reportedly work with, gadget bridge. May be worth a try
I wish I knew about this app sooner. I would pick something based off that. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
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