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I just went thru this w/ Progressive. They basically demanded that I install the app to make a claim. I have a DOD phone and I can't install anything on it. Whats a shit show...
McDonald's: Are you using our app today?
Me: Why the fuck would I do that???
Because they charge you 50% more if you don't use their app.
Which means the extra data they can grab via their mobile app is worth at least that much to them, if not more.
Nah. I think it's more about the tiered pricing structure and getting out of you what you're willing to pay.
Ah, dynamic pricing
The app doesn't capture anything that you don't specifically agree to when it pops up and asks if you want to give it access to it. I've been using the app for months and I simply said "no" when it asked the "request to track" question. I can literally see that it has zero access to any of my data on my phone.
It's not actually that simple. Maybe you click no and don't give the app access to your contact, but your friends who have you on their contact list might click yes, and now they have your contact info despite you clicking no. I imagine they'll have similar tricks for gathering other type of data as well.
They’ve got your contact info because you gave it to them on sign up. We’re talking about things like your contact list and all their info and your connections to them.
Not necessarily, a contract entry can contains multiple items (landline, work phone, personal email, with email, and sometimes address) that you might haven't given to the social network at signup yet.
So blame your friend for giving them that, but that’s not what’s being discussed here. The issue is how the app supposedly gets all of your contacts info from your phone, ie. your phone book. It only does that if you give it reason to and then approve its request to access that.
No, why would I blame my friends instead of those shitty social media and their obsession with building shadow profiles it everyone on earth? This is victim blaming, like blaming your friend when you got your phone stolen at their house because they forgot to lock their door.
You'd blame your friends because they were the ones that gave out your information.
🤣 No it's not. It's more like blaming your friend when they borrowed your phone and then they gave it to someone else and never returned it............because they are to blame.
If someone knocks on my door and asks for all the contacts in my phone, if I give them your details then I am the one to blame, not the person that requested it.
Worth it.
Its infuriating, just give my my guilty pleasure of a QP'er w/ cheese and an apple pie. I'm not DL the app for the 1 per month I allow myself.
Why wouldn't you if you're already buying mcdonalds? All using the app gets you is some cheap deals and reward points when you do buy something.
An app alone doesn't just give them all the data on your phone. Android and iOS have built in request systems for apps requesting access to your data, and you literally have to approve them individually. I use the maccas app and it has zero access to any of my data.