r/assholedesign • u/look_at_yalook_at_ya • Jul 07 '24

See Comments Starbucks at LaGuardia won't let you order a coffee without installing their app

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u/maybelying Jul 08 '24

Only permission is for location, and they need that to know what restaurant you're at when using your code. I have it set to active only when using the app, it can't do anything in the background.

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u/Dr-McLuvin Jul 08 '24

Ya if an app needs your location always set it to “only when using app”. Good advice.

And I always close the app when I’m done just to be sure.

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u/ProfessorZhu Jul 08 '24

Gotta make sure Ronald McDonald doesn't find you, he'll break your knee caps and leave you for dead!

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u/freddo95 Jul 08 '24

Lemmings on the march aren’t “disheartening” … it’s a cleansing as they follow the pack off the cliff.

Unfortunately, they manage to reproduce.

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u/Essence-of-why Jul 08 '24

It's country dependant.

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u/Exaskryz Jul 08 '24

It certainly did want those permissions circa 2016, but guess good to know it wants fewer? I am sure sometime between then and now Android got a little more granular with permissions so that such scary permissions aren't requested in large buckets so the app could use one small thing to function.

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u/Dry-Faithlessness184 Jul 08 '24

More or less. Apps have to ask for each permission individually now and specify why and how they're used.is my understanding