Hi!

I am currently using Android, that I would like to escape from due to trackers.

I know that internet trackers can be divided into:
-www trackers - they send an information to a website about me visiting a specific place
-app trackers - they send an information to a specific company about app being used on a specific phone
-OS trackers (?) - its DNS are forwarded through google.

On the other hand - there is Ubuntu Touch!

2 questions:

1. Is my "trackers" clasification more or less correct?
2. Is Ubuntu Touch is safer from trackers and if yes - how?

Thank you..

@cibersheep said in Programming language for Ubuntu Touch apps:

It doesn't have to, it may be mixed. Qml is like html. But it has build-in js support for logic (it has its limitations)

For example, you want to remove a file in an app cache folder: you have to do it with a backend language.

I meant it has to be mixed in order to make something that is actually useful, it would be hard to make a functional Ubuntu Touch application with just with QML, or am I wrong?

All the answers are very helpful! Highly
appreciate it!

To clarify everything:
Qt is a toolkit for creating UI, other words, Qt is responsible for creating frontend - the part that user interacts with.
Yes/no

Qt uses a language called QML.
Yes/no

QML has to be "mixed" with other language, as author concludes - for backend purposes (?) - such as:

1. Ftnirp lists:
   C++/Python/HTML/Go/Rust
2. Vitellius lists:
   JS (default)/C++/Python/Go/Rust
3. AppLee lists
   C++/Python/HTML/Go/Rust AND C/Shell but more difficult to bind to the QML

yes/no

Additional question:
Since the lists provide a bit different data - is JS one of the default options or not?

I am super curious, not probably ever going to develop an app, but I fail to understand something.
As I understand "Qt" is an application that makes making Ubuntu Touch apps easier.
But!
What language should be used to make Ubuntu Touch apps? Is it Java or..?

@lakotaubp
My god! It looks promising, but how does it help exactly?
Big thanks anyway for replying!

@capsia
Any way to apply this idea to mobile data usage?
Big thanks anyway! Highly appreciate it!

Can anybody help?

Is it possible to use custom DNS on Ubuntu Touch - and if yes - how? Not talking about VPN.

@povoq
All informations seem very useful!

Hi!

I am currently using Android, that I would like to escape from due to trackers.

I know that internet trackers can be divided into:
-www trackers - they send an information to a website about me visiting a specific place
-app trackers - they send an information to a specific company about app being used on a specific phone
-OS trackers (?) - its DNS are forwarded through google.

On the other hand - there is Ubuntu Touch!

2 questions:

1. Is my "trackers" clasification more or less correct?
2. Is Ubuntu Touch is safer from trackers and if yes - how?

Thank you..

All informations will be very useful for others as well!
Althou its a little sad - the lack of big community probably contributes..