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Sargoth

The statement "download our app and get nice discounts" dramatically alters meaning if you read it as "let us execute code on your device"

The discounts are incidental

@sargoth "we'll pay you a bit if you give us some of your cpu time"

@manu somewhere in here is also the thing where apps ask for too many permissions with regards to their stated function