If they were interested in my location they could request location data. What are the odds they are doing this to directly market products to people based on health data?

Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”

Of course, yes they do. This appears to be one more layer on top of it. And surely they wouldn’t share that information with the pharmacy, right?

  • @[email protected]
    3•4 months ago

    Cause I’d rather open an app then deal with an extra browser tab every time I want to use the site.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•4 months ago

      An open app simply is another type of browser tab, in my books. From a ‘screen cruft’ perspective I consider them roughly equivalent. At any rate it’s an interesting aspect of software design psychology…

    • @[email protected]English
      5•4 months ago

      “I have sacrificed my privacy for a minor convenience” is another way you could have said that.

      • @[email protected]
        1•4 months ago

        Yes I find it convenient to press a tile on my home page and have it take me to an app instead of opening a tab in my browser. I’m not sure how this is undesirable.