jdownloader is your friend.

AND GOT. SO. FAR.

At least 12.

It’s not the OS that’s collecting that data. It’s the apps and online services you use. Remember, if something is free, it’s likely that you’re the product.

In the case of threads, it’s owned by Meta, so if you have a facebook or instagram account, then you have willingly agreed to letting them collect, store and use all your data.

Edit: Oh, I think I understand your question now. You’re refering to the apps privacy terms, right? Well, it has access to monitor all activity on your phone. As default, your phones OS allows this, but you can disable it for each app installed. But this will probably result in the app not working right.

Well actually, since the Lemmy’s userbase is exactly 34.7 times smaller than Reddit’s userbase. It’s fair to assume that the occurrence of being Well-Ackshually’d is directly proportional to (users migrating * wannabe know-it-all users / actually knows-what-they-are-talking-about users).