Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ...
by gchokov on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:43AM
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How can you not accept the update, when they do not even write release notes?
Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ...
by walterbell on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:31AM
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I've learned the hard way to time-delay app updates from over-reaching companies. A week or two is usually sufficient for major issues to surface on HN.
You're right - it would be better if Apple allowed users to rollback to the N-1 version of an app. That would send a real-time signal from users to app vendors, rather than slow complaints via press and social media.
Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ...
by newscracker on Friday December 02, 2016 @04:36AM
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> it would be better if Apple allowed users to rollback to the N-1 version of an app.
Apple should allow users to revert to any older version. There are so many apps that become worse over time, and it's only after an update that the shortcomings are found, with no way to remedy the situation. But Apple really doesn't care about such things on the user experience front. I have provided Apple feedback on this before.
The thing I like in this case is that iOS explicitly warns the user when an app requests for location services permission for use while the app is not running.
Apple can also change their policy for ride-sharing apps, to force "While Using" as an option, or block Uber's update from the App Store.
Remember that it was only after apps abused the contact database, that permissions were added by Apple to give users control over apps. Apple can step up now and define a new policy that responds to these new abuses of user choice, within the ride-sharing app category.
This is one of the few benefits of Apple's walled garden review of apps. Perhaps we will eventually thank Uber for pushing the boundaries of etiquette, forcing Apple to regulate Uber and their peers.