• gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    30 days ago

    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.

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        29 days ago

        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.

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    29 days ago

    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.