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Nearly 50% of Android Apps use Mobile Trackers

Posted on March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 by James O'Claire

There are 5 large mobile app trackers, also called MMPs. Those are AppsFlyer, Adjust (owned by AppLovin), Branch and Yandex AppMetrica. These mobile attribution companies track users data across many apps. For Android nearly 50% of all apps contain a mobile app tracker and for iOS a bit less at 1 in 4 apps. This…

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Why is an MMP ‘required’ for buying mobile app ads?

Posted on February 1, 2025 by James O'Claire

I got to join the GameMakers podcast along with AppsFlyer’s Brian Murphy and WildCardGames’ Josh Chandley to discuss how mobile app ad attribution platforms (MMPs) are basically required for running mobile ads. It was a great chance for me to pitch the first open source MMP, Open Attribution. Why are MMPs ‘required’ for buying mobile…

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Open Source & Paid Alternatives to Firebase Dynamic Links

Posted on December 10, 2024February 5, 2025 by James O'Claire

Dynamic deep links hosted by Google Firebase are on their way out, so it’s time to look for the alternatives. I’ll cover the few open source projects I’ve seen as well as the top paid options. Open Source & Free Really, all this work just to provide a link to your app? Yeah, it’s really…

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To Love & Hate in the World of Advertising

Posted on April 2, 2016October 6, 2024 by James O'Claire

“I hate ads, who likes to see ads?” Recently my mother came to visit me in Taipei. On the drive from the airport we talked about my startup, Bubbleye, and how we predict a user’s interests in mobile ads. Her response: “I hate ads, who wants to see ads?” She’s right, no one wants to see…

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