Macrodroid has been a favourite of mine for automating things on my phone. This is no longer the case.
It has been silently updated at some point to become a data mining and leaking nightmare. At the time of writing these lines, this app contains 30 trackers from various third party telemetry services according to the latest Exodus report. This is an extremely high number of trackers. Even most junk mobile games can’t manage to contain this many. The owner of the app has sold out and turned it into spyware to sell your data to as many companies as possible.
This is particularly worrying considering the level of access and permissions the app requires to work. If you are using the app still, I’m urging you to reconsider.
Spread the word.
I paid for Tasker ages ago. The free version is also useful.
Haven’t installed it on the new phone in years tho. Hopefully it’s still a viable alternative.
I don’t think they offer a free version anymore.
I have also gotten rid of Google Play services since Macrodroid was last reason I still had it. I am also very suspicious of the fact that it cannot be found in the Exodus reports.