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You realize that maintaining a server that would allow that costs pennies?
You wouldn't pay $150 for a lollipop, but somehow people think this is ok.
This problem exists exactly because of people like you, thinking it's OK to pay for the features you already paid for.
Or “for free” as in paid for by your data and the unskippable targeted ads you wil get on your infotainment system. I’m sure in the future some cheap car brand will blast commercials trough your speaker system to pay for all the free services
The KIA app has three trackers in it. (Can't scan the latest version, however) Not exactly a lot by contemporary standards, but more than many. Two of my banking apps have 7. One weather app has 10. The apps I respect have none or only a single tracker, and only for crashlytics, and still optional.
Thanks for linking to the tracker site, I've been meaning to find more ways to audit the amount of trackers in my apps for a while now.
Happy to help