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Why does Apple even let apps read my phone model and battery level?
Because they pay apple? I'd imagine that's obvious. It's more useful metrics for the developer. I would be surprised if they didn't tier the information access about users behind closed doors.
Android's not perfect, but at least permissions can be set per app, you can root your device, or install GrapheneOS or Lineage to bypass this crap entirely.
I'd rather the ability to fudge these stats to developers, cause my info is none of their damn business when I'm paying for a service.
That can be done on android and other operating systems. Apple is always the SOL option when it comes to dodging this crap.
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.
The future is now, old man. Been dealing with this my entire life.
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
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.
Last I checked Uber can be used from the browser. Not the most user friendly though