Facepalm
Anything that makes you apply your hand to your face.
Eh, I've been using Sync since Reddit, and I'm used to its interface. The developer added ads when he adapted if for Lemmy, and honestly, it's fine. It's a single man dev team, and I've been using his product for free for years. If he's decided he wants to make a couple of bucks for his labor, fine.
It also has a dark mode, but I've set it to only turn on with my nightly Do Not Disturb. It also has a couple of other features I like, like a Drafts folder and built-in Ascii emoticons. I don't know how it stacks up against other apps, but I'm used to it and I'm unlikely to switch. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well, I've deleted my Ad ID on Android. My understanding is that should make it pretty difficult for advertisers to collect much data on me from any app.
"marketers hate this simple trick"
as a developer i can assure you they have plenty other means to collect your data. the ad id is only for displaying targeted ads, but the spying goes on