No, the writeup isn’t omitting anything, you’re mixing things up, which this article explicitly called out.
This article is about Onavo Protect[1], “Free VPN + Data Manager”, which was not paying anyone. There was a separate program where Facebook paid teenagers money to install their Facebook Research VPN through their enterprise distribution channel, bypassing the App Store and its rules, so that paid version was even more invasive.[2]
So no, this Onavo bullshit isn’t defensible at all.
This article is about Onavo Protect[1], “Free VPN + Data Manager”, which was not paying anyone. There was a separate program where Facebook paid teenagers money to install their Facebook Research VPN through their enterprise distribution channel, bypassing the App Store and its rules, so that paid version was even more invasive.[2]
So no, this Onavo bullshit isn’t defensible at all.
[1] https://apkpure.com/onavo-protect-from-facebook/com.onavo.sp...
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/?re...