Blocked Branch (Nova Launcher's acquirer) on PiHole. PiHole logs are now flooded with blocked network requests. Turns out Samsung phones use branch API for analytics. Android ecosystem is a privacy nightmare 🤐

branch.io is crazy! But iphone apps use it too. So we sure its just android?

Yes, I suppose iOS apps use it too. But for an OEM to integrate spyware/adware into the OS is absurd.