yes but the perfect is the enemy of the good. Privacy is not a binary yes/no. It's a graduated scale. Yes, the government can still get your information if they want it. But why make it easier for them?
they got bought out by a company that sells your data.
Fuck reddit, but these are good synopses, one from an actual PIA employee:
https://old.reddit.com/r/PrivateInternetAccess/comments/dz2w53 /our_merger_with_kape_technologies_addressing_your/
the other on datahorder https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/e05hn3/psa_pia_privateinternetaccess_has_been_bought_by/
I did mention tails, twice. You know what else is hipster? Acting smug about something you didn't even fucking read
perfect is the enemy of the good. We don't have privacy, but that doesn't mean we have to be a complete idiots about it.
apps are different in that you have to get into the phone first. So if your lockscreen is pin/pattern only, I don't see why that'd be a big deal. They can't use the app-fingerprint to do anything in regards to unlocking the phone. You just ideally don't want fingerprint for your phone's lockscreen.