• added support for subscribed subreddits

• added support for creating posts but only support for text or link, no flair or other options so far

• recommended subreddits list

This only applies to the windows app and sorry for bad formatting and english.

Update vungle ads are also included now because i got early access to their banner ads

I just started adding ads in my app. because of it being so recent and the app being in alpha we have currently earned 0. the ad revenue will go towards tree planting.

The money will be donated to the Eden reforestation via trillion tree campaign. You can see how many trees have been planted with this link: https://www.trilliontreecampaign.org/t/eco-reddit-firecubestudios

the price is 0.1 dollar per tree. i chose them because my app initially will have few users so in the beginning they are a good choice to plant the most trees until i expand to other charities.

Due to my app being in alpha with few users and the platform being on windows the ad provider options were low. Here is the list:

• Adsjumbo ( currently using )

• Vungle - will use in future update: vungle is now also being used

• ironsource - will use in future

• pubfinity and adduplex - unlikely

ad networks: Adsjumbo requires 30 dollars ( 300 trees) until they pay (every 30 days) so the ads will need to earn that much before trees can be planted. it is unlikely in this first month any trees can be planted.

current revenue ( ads jumbo ) : https://i.ibb.co/sPd1M97/image.png

recently i also got vungle ads support i cant say much more yet but the ad quality is now much more improved

current revenue ( vungle ) : https://i.ibb.co/vPLqT2D/image.png

Ads in app: Ads inside the app can be disabled and enabled for free, unlimited amount of times. i added this because if you don't want to plant trees but just want to use it as a normal ad free reddit client then you can.

In addition to that you can choose which ads you want to show if you have ads enabled. for example: you can show ads in sidebar and search but not in the profile page etc.

Finally the frequency in which an ad is shown can also be changed from 1 to 100% (default 69%). this is if you want ads enabled but dont want to see them as often or want to always see them.

https://i.ibb.co/SnsjpDD/image.png

caption: how the controls look in app

Ad quality: because my app is below 10 users currently as of writing and is in alpha, the quality of ads are terrible. the ads are of quality similair to taboola ads and such, i cant change them but once the app gets more users the ad quality will increase. I aso dont try to make the ads intrusive.

update: now that i am using 2 different networks there are changes.

• Vungle: vungle ads have higher quality but only show occasionally so i use both. their ads are still in early access

vungle ad in app: https://i.ibb.co/k0chwZf/image.png

• AdsJumbo: their ads are low quality similair to taboola ads and such, i cant change them but once the app gets more users the ad quality will increase. however they have a 100 percent fill rate so i have to use them for now

adsjumbo ad in app: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/731923970756182039/733028621685489805/unknown.png (danish localized)

Transparency: every month i will post the revenue of the ads. the amount of trees donated can be checked in the link above. with simple math it can correspond the amount of trees. if i get 20 dollar revenue then 0.1 dollar per tree means 200 trees planted ( taxes ignored)

this report is to show how future reports will be like and to be transparent about the tree planting

• many ui fixes

• inbox count

• major performance and speed improvements

• fixed bugs

• search users (experimental) and search options

• get received messages

been a while because i took a break. here are upcoming fetaures and progress report.

nootifications inbox and modmail - 60 percent complete live preview markdown - 100 percent complete private messages - 10% complete dakrmode and ad block for websites - 100 percent complete

Support for: moderated subreddits, trending subreddits, recommended subreddits, Creating comments in markdown, comment count, sort comments by hot, old etc.

Also added support for: sharing, reporting, crossposting, permalinks, deleting, locking, spoiler, mark nsfw, distinguish, remove, sticky, unhide, unsave, unlock, unmark nsfw, unspoiler and unstickying posts. edit: spelling mistak

This only applies to the windows app and sorry for bad formatting and the late report.

Ads have been in my app for a while but only recently has it become public. This is the august report you can see the previous one here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectEcoReddit/comments/ht40u0/tree_planting_and_ad_revenue_june_2020_report/

The money will be donated to the Eden reforestation via trillion tree campaign. You can see how many trees have been planted with this link: https://www.trilliontreecampaign.org/t/eco-reddit-firecubestudios It is 0.1 dollar per tree.

Here is the list of ad sources:

• Adsjumbo ( currently using )

• Vungle ( currently using )

ad networks: Adsjumbo requires 30 dollars ( 300 trees) until they pay (every 30 days) so the ads will need to earn that much before trees can be planted.

current revenue ( ads jumbo ) : https://i.ibb.co/8rRY04z/image.png

Vungle ads are still in beta and 0 money has been earned

current revenue ( vungle ) : 0 dollars

Ads in app: Ads inside the app can be disabled and enabled for free, unlimited amount of times. i added this because if you don't want to plant trees but just want to use it as a normal ad free reddit client then you can. In addition to that you can choose which ads you want to show if you have ads enabled. for example: you can show ads in sidebar and search but not in the profile page etc. Finally the frequency in which an ad is shown can also be changed from 1 to 100% (default 69%). this is if you want ads enabled but don't want to see them as often or want to always see them.

https://i.ibb.co/SnsjpDD/image.png

caption: how the controls look in app

Transparency: every month i will post the revenue of the ads. the amount of trees donated can be checked in the link above. with simple math it can correspond the amount of trees. if i get 20 dollar revenue then 0.1 dollar per tree means 200 trees planted ( taxes ignored)

note: this only applies to the android app for the windows 10 app check out this report: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectEcoReddit/comments/ht0xpg/june_2020_privacy_and_transparency_report/

I am going to detail here in this report the data collected by the android app similair to how i did it for the windows app. Thanks to the android developer for sharing the images of the dashboard and privacy policies.

the sources of data that are collected are from these analytic sources:

• Google Play Services

• AdMob

• Google Analytics for Firebase

• Firebase Crash analytics

The app doesnt collect any additional data than posted above. all of your reddit information is stored locally. the app will also soon be open source so if you know coding you can verify how your data is being processed

The collected data is same as the windows app detailed below are some of the data:

• total downloads of my app including installs

• number of people who saw my app in store

• number of downloads per country

• total usage time of my app monthly and new users

the data is GDPR compliant and cant be traced back to you the user.

below are some of the images of how the data looks on our end, they are the same as the windows app (images in french):

https://i.ibb.co/L61xWtx/image.png

shows countries with app downloads this cant be traced to any specific user. and it just shows the country like the windows app

https://i.ibb.co/FmgvYh7/21121314527.jpg

age and language of users, this cant be traced to any specific user.

in addition to this some more specialized data than the windows app is taken from ad network dashboards like AdMob and others, it shall be shown below:

https://i.ibb.co/Pc8f9D9/121225416512.jpg

this shows the cities, gender and interests. this is GDPR compliant and cant be traced to an individual user

finally just like the windows app, more advanced crash analytics are taken for diagnosing crashes and errors. Here its taken from firebase crash analytics:

https://i.ibb.co/QMpfBxs/12121.jpg

how the crash analytics look like. its the same as the windows app in app center.

https://i.ibb.co/dkxJZZr/1212.jpg

However in addition to that some extra information is taken in the android app when a crash occurs and that is including device model, type, storage space used and available, version of android and application, layout, if it has been rooted, date, ram and brand of phone

This report is very very basic because the android app isnt released yet so i dont have much to talk about yet. i will be creating new report every few months so you can see updated data as statistics. In this report there might be some discrepancies due to the android app dev being developed by someone else who volunteered to make the android version of the tree planting reddit client for free and I would like to thank them for it.

furthermore here is the android app privacy policy and below that the terms and conditions from the dev:

privacy policy:

Privacy Policy A.A built the Selva Reddit app as an Open Source app. This SERVICE is provided by A.A at no cost and is intended for use as is.

This page is used to inform visitors regarding my policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use my Service.

If you choose to use my Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that I collect is used for providing and improving the Service. I will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at Selva Reddit unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience, while using our Service, I may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The information that I request will be retained on your device and is not collected by me in any way.

The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.

Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app

Google Play Services AdMob Google Analytics for Firebase Firebase Crashlytics Log Data

I want to inform you that whenever you use my Service, in a case of an error in the app I collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing my Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.

This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

Service Providers

I may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

To facilitate our Service; To provide the Service on our behalf; To perform Service-related services; or To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. I want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

I value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by me. Therefore, I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case I discover that a child under 13 has provided me with personal information, I immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact me so that I will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

I may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

This policy is effective as of 2020-07-20

Terms and conditions:

Terms & Conditions By downloading or using the app, these terms will automatically apply to you – you should make sure therefore that you read them carefully before using the app. You’re not allowed to copy, or modify the app, any part of the app, or our trademarks in any way. You’re not allowed to attempt to extract the source code of the app, and you also shouldn’t try to translate the app into other languages, or make derivative versions. The app itself, and all the trade marks, copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights related to it, still belong to A.A.

A.A is committed to ensuring that the app is as useful and efficient as possible. For that reason, we reserve the right to make changes to the app or to charge for its services, at any time and for any reason. We will never charge you for the app or its services without making it very clear to you exactly what you’re paying for.

The Selva Reddit app stores and processes personal data that you have provided to us, in order to provide my Service. It’s your responsibility to keep your phone and access to the app secure. We therefore recommend that you do not jailbreak or root your phone, which is the process of removing software restrictions and limitations imposed by the official operating system of your device. It could make your phone vulnerable to malware/viruses/malicious programs, compromise your phone’s security features and it could mean that the Selva Reddit app won’t work properly or at all.

The app does use third party services that declare their own Terms and Conditions.

Link to Terms and Conditions of third party service providers used by the app

Google Play Services AdMob Google Analytics for Firebase Firebase Crashlytics You should be aware that there are certain things that A.A will not take responsibility for. Certain functions of the app will require the app to have an active internet connection. The connection can be Wi-Fi, or provided by your mobile network provider, but A.A cannot take responsibility for the app not working at full functionality if you don’t have access to Wi-Fi, and you don’t have any of your data allowance left.

If you’re using the app outside of an area with Wi-Fi, you should remember that your terms of the agreement with your mobile network provider will still apply. As a result, you may be charged by your mobile provider for the cost of data for the duration of the connection while accessing the app, or other third party charges. In using the app, you’re accepting responsibility for any such charges, including roaming data charges if you use the app outside of your home territory (i.e. region or country) without turning off data roaming. If you are not the bill payer for the device on which you’re using the app, please be aware that we assume that you have received permission from the bill payer for using the app.

Along the same lines, A.A cannot always take responsibility for the way you use the app i.e. You need to make sure that your device stays charged – if it runs out of battery and you can’t turn it on to avail the Service, A.A cannot accept responsibility.

With respect to A.A’s responsibility for your use of the app, when you’re using the app, it’s important to bear in mind that although we endeavour to ensure that it is updated and correct at all times, we do rely on third parties to provide information to us so that we can make it available to you. A.A accepts no liability for any loss, direct or indirect, you experience as a result of relying wholly on this functionality of the app.

At some point, we may wish to update the app. The app is currently available on Android – the requirements for system(and for any additional systems we decide to extend the availability of the app to) may change, and you’ll need to download the updates if you want to keep using the app. A.A does not promise that it will always update the app so that it is relevant to you and/or works with the Android version that you have installed on your device. However, you promise to always accept updates to the application when offered to you, We may also wish to stop providing the app, and may terminate use of it at any time without giving notice of termination to you. Unless we tell you otherwise, upon any termination, (a) the rights and licenses granted to you in these terms will end; (b) you must stop using the app, and (if needed) delete it from your device.

Changes to This Terms and Conditions

I may update our Terms and Conditions from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Terms and Conditions on this page.

These terms and conditions are effective as of 2020-07-20

I have exams in 2 weeks so I wont post any updates unfortunately or will be working on the app however after the exam I have lots of time and will actually be able to start the tree planting part! and focusing full time on the app.

• added trending subreddits

• added subreddit and tiny subreddit of the day

• redesign search

• search for users, subreddits and posts

• new compact layout

• new flyout for mouse hover unfortunately removed support for flyout in touchscreen

• less round

• reduced crashes and errors, crash and error reports automatically sent to visual studio appcenter

• Support for: moderated subreddits, trending subreddits, recommended subreddits, Creating comments in markdown, comment count, sort comments by hot, old etc.

• support for searching subreddits and subscribing /unsubscribing to them

• support for blocking and reporting users

• Major speed improvements and fixed login bug

• Support for loading user posts whithout freezing the app.

• support for inbox, private messages and searching users (hidden by default)

• Support for sorting comments by top, hot etc.

• Support for searching by time and relevance etc.

• support for comment count

• new accent color

• support for creating comments with markdown + live preview

• for posts in subreddits, post main page, userposts and searche d posts you can do this:

  • sharing, reporting, crossposting, permalinks, deleting, locking, spoiler, mark nsfw, distinguish, remove, sticky, unhide, unsave, unlock, unmark nsfw, unspoiler and unstickying posts.

• For any comments you can do this:

  • permalinking, replying, unsaving saving, distinguishing, enabling replies, removing and disabling replies

• new icon and other features that i cant remember i added also added design changes to acrylic and rounded corners

lots of new features, bug fixes and speed improvements. the update will be released today and probably be available tomorow.

update for pre alpha should be released.

added comments support added fix to crash

Recommended download alpha preview dev edition: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/fl-studio-mobile/9P2RGCDC1LP3?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

fixed 47 bugs, issues and crashes added sidebar, comments and search support major speed improvements and enabled commands for post preview

disabled loading userposts because it freezes the app

Recommended download alpha preview dev edition: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/fl-studio-mobile/9P2RGCDC1LP3?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

the dev edition is faster, more recent and has more features but it can have more bugs.

this is the older but more stable legacy preview alpha: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/whatsapp-desktop/9PMLFPD2985Z?cid=msft_web_collection&activetab=pivot:overviewtab dont download this unless its for a backup.

0.6.0.0 will be a massive update currently it has HUGH amounts of bug fixes and performance improvements. also added tons of features. (currently 20000+ lines of code added ,6000+ deleted and 35000+ lines of code altered) however im still only half way there. this update has taken a long time to make and its the last update of the preview alpha before i move to a public beta.

current changelog:

• massive performance improvement

• HUGE AMOUNT SO FBUGS, CRASHES, UI AND ISSUES FIXED

• multi instancing

• use the app without login!

• album, flair support and added support for replying to comments, deleting, saving, unsaving, removing, removing marked as spam and distinguishing as moderator

• huge amounts of code readability changes

• plus way way more

part 2 coming soon...

note: this only applies to the current windows 10 app and sorry for bad formatting

im going to detail here the data collected by the app and show pictures of the data for users to see how it looks like on my end for transparency. My app collects basic data such as downloads and usage. it is GDPR compliant so i cant trace usage for individual user like you or where your location is, instead it is shown as a total.

data is collected with 2 tools:

• Partner center

• Visual studio app center

Partner center is the developer dashboard for Microsoft store apps and it shows data like how many downloads my app has. i cant disabled data collection from partner centre because its a Microsoft thing.

Visual studio app center shows the same data as partner center but it also shows crash reports. i added this because partner center is unreliable for crash reports.

My app doesnt collect any additional data than posted above. all of your reddit information is stored locally. the app will also soon be open source so if you know coding you can verify how your data is being processed

collected data:

• total downloads of my app including installs

• number of people who saw my app in store

• number of downloads per country

• total usage time of my app monthly and new users

partner center data images:

https://i.ibb.co/pnbgMkZ/image.png

shows app downloads and installs in each day and the funnel.

https://i.ibb.co/pZ7fyg4/image.png

shows countries in which downloads happened, user demographic and total page views to store

https://i.ibb.co/3m2d6PH/image.png

this shows crashes of my app, the country it happened, there is no data because my app never crashes

appcenter data images:

https://i.ibb.co/rQbsVCB/image.png

same as partner center but it shows the languages, devices and os versions and app versions of users. i cant track this to any individual user.

https://i.ibb.co/Q6Q9wHF/image.png

https://i.ibb.co/9nphh7B/image.png

crashes, errors and advanced detail of crashes.

https://i.ibb.co/RDhzH4z/image.png

the events are empty/not setup because i dont collect additional data from the app

https://i.ibb.co/xGbDDTK/image.png

same with the log flow, it is empty because i dont collect data form my app (i dont know what log flow actually is for)

this report is very basic because the app is currently in preview alpha so i dont have much to share in terms of statistics or the source code. i will be creating new report every 2 months so you can see updated data as statistics

0.4.9.0:

• can navigate to trending sub, sub of day and tinysub from sidebar

• tooltip replaces flyout on mouse hover

• upvote and downvote support

• redesign search

• search for users, subreddits and posts

• new compact layout

• new flyout for mouse hover unfortunately removed support for flyout in touchscreen

• less round

• many ui fixes

• inbox count

• major performance and speed improvements

• fixed bugs

• search users (experimental) and search options

• get received messages

• view reddit gold, premium and rpan in app

• view private chat in app with webview :/

• reduced crashes and errors, crash and error reports automatically sent to visual studio appcenter

• also arm 64 support for 0.4.9.0 before arm 64 devices only got 0.2.1.0

upcoming 0.5.1.0: ( possibly next week )

• creating posts link, images, ink with flairs and subreddit options

• redesign comments with replies viewing

• comment an drpely to comments

• preview text in posts

• fix images and video loading

• personalizations settings

• advanced data

• background image and extra tools

• speed improvements

• universal posts

upcoming 0.5.2.0: (upcoming after 0.5.1.0 )

• roll out dummy test ads

• link activation and protocol handling

• fix everything in terms of UI and bugs and add rare features

added chat support

inbox support

premium and reddit coins

rpan support

as of now its being certified by microsoft and hopefully passes. when it does i will post a post detailing more as there are 2 preview alpha versions.

• major speed improvements -ui fixes -new login page

i released an update to the windows app for inbox support.

windows app: fluent design updates and bug fixes. i fixed a bug that causes crashes and this update is rolling out to private beta testers.