Even if in the best case scenario, it gives a company direct access to send you unsolicited push notifications.
It's rarely the best case.
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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You can just not accept notification permission
I think you overestimate the average person's ability to disable push notifications.
I mean, you could just install GrapheneOS and not allow tracking or location data either. I promise that these companies don't care about the .00002% of people who don't play ball.
Dont you need to specifically agree to notifications for the app to send them to you?
Not on Android, yes on iOS. Something they get right.
I get requests for notification permission always in android, since at least android 11 i think?
Edit: I checked, it was android 13
FilterBox for the win!
And it wouldn't be free.
Sometimes it's just a loyalty thing. "Use our app, we'll give you a discount." Which keeps you coming back instead of going to the competitor. Plus, having the icon on your screen is an advertisement in itself.
As to personal info, it's like everyone forgot how we did 25-years ago. LIE TO THE COMPUTER.
Some things required to lie to apps open us up to other vulnerabilities (programs to spoof gps) and some things would take function away from apps that legitimately use that data.
Lieing to your computer isn't as simple as it used to be, you're living behind rose tinted glasses if you think it is.
The Naïve Witch of the North (South if you’re going by the original novel instead of the movie).
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