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CA could ban use of consumer location data to set prices (Should Lyft and Uber charge more if your battery is low? California may soon ban that) (themarkup.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lyft and Uber shouldn't charge more if the phone's battery is low. But so many people have portable chargers, so low battery doesn't necessarily mean desperation.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Phone operating systems shouldn't be providing that data to apps wtaf

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was my first thought

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Phone OS sandboxes in general are just awful. Result of a duopoly I guess