Last I checked Uber can be used from the browser. Not the most user friendly though
Comment on California May Ban Lyft And Uber From AI Price Gouging Users With Low Phone Batteries
MisterMoo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Why does Apple even let apps read my phone model and battery level?
yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 7 months ago
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Because they pay apple? I’d imagine that’s obvious. It’s more useful metrics for the company, I would be surprised if they didn’t tier the information access about users behind closed doors.
phx@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
some permissions can be set per app. I’m not sure battery level is one of those and I have apps (i.e. homeassistant) which can read thatwithout me actually having explicitly allowed it. Usually it’s stuff one pictures/files, location, camera or health data that are restricted
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I’d rather the ability to fudge these stats to developers, cause my info is none of their damn business, especially when I’m paying for a service.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
That can be done on android and other operating systems. Apple is always the SOL option when it comes to dodging this crap.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I know it’s in there somewhere, it’s the time sink of yet another rabbit hole of searching and research. I’m tired boss.
Katana314@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In a way I think that expectation should be normal. What really shouldn’t be normal is for everything to be an app, and not a website.
Windows Phone almost got this right - trying to focus more on HTML5 Manifest features and better browser/pinning integration, so that a company like Lyft can offer its full feature set through a website that works on all phones. Then, we could rely on the fact that we only need install a few apps that we trust.