Forced app download: Difference between revisions

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*Restaurants, cafes and bars with forced app download sharing data with health insurance companies, who increase your premium if they see a lifestyle/pattern of ordering unhealthy dishes or overly large portions, or frequenting that bubble tea shop too often.

*Government tax agency charging you "excess carbon footprint" taxes because you often order a lot of clothes beyond the number that the "Average" person of your profile wears, based on what your favorite fast fashion retailer with forced app download is sharing with them.

[[File:Digital turbine logo .png|alt=digital turbine logo |thumb|digital turbine logo ]]

[[File:No unverified apps.png|thumb|Singapore banks will "restrict access if unverified apps AKA sideloaded apps are found on customers' phones" (News story from Sep 2023)]]

==Examples==

'''Mobile Carriers and App marketplaces'''

Companies like [[digital turbine]] auction<ref>https://www.digitalturbine.com/dt-fairbid</ref> off placement in carriers automatic download lists and recommended app's placement in first and third party app stores<ref>https://www.digitalturbine.com/telecom</ref>

Digital turbine sells forced app downloads from app developers like: [[zynga]], miniclip games, [[King Digital Entertainment|'''King''' Digital Entertainment]] and [[Uber EULA precludes jury trial|Uber]], placement in forced download lists to carries like: [[Verizon]], [[At&T]], [[Cricket wireless]], us cellular, tracfone and T-mobile. <ref>https://www.digitalturbine.com/</ref>

===Banking and finance===

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[[File:Forced app download.png|thumb|Luckin Coffee, a China-origin Starbucks competitor, forces you to download their app to order and pay for coffee. You cannot order coffee at the cashier in their store, let alone pay. You must use the app to interact with this business and digital payments to pay.]]

The apps generate notifications that require users to approve/deny actions like logging in via a web browser, initiating a payment, adding a payee, etc via the app itself. Some banks previously offered sending an OTP via SMS (text) as an alternative to app-based approval but this has since been discontinued for "security reasons".

'''Insurance'''

Auto insurance companies like [[Progressive]], require non plan holders effected by automotive incidents their policyholders claim to submit photos and video evidence of damages exclusively through their mobile app.<ref name=":0">https://www.progressive.com/claims/auto-process/</ref> Affected non policy holders can't complete the entire claim process through their website even though you can start the process online from any device and web browser. <ref name=":0" />

===Utilities and public services===

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 *Restaurants, cafes and bars with forced app download sharing data with health insurance companies, who increase your premium if they see a lifestyle/pattern of ordering unhealthy dishes or overly large portions, or frequenting that bubble tea shop too often.
 *Government tax agency charging you "excess carbon footprint" taxes because you often order a lot of clothes beyond the number that the "Average" person of your profile wears, based on what your favorite fast fashion retailer with forced app download is sharing with them.
+[[File:Digital turbine logo .png|alt=digital turbine logo |thumb|digital turbine logo ]]
 [[File:No unverified apps.png|thumb|Singapore banks will "restrict access if unverified apps AKA sideloaded apps are found on customers' phones" (News story from Sep 2023)]]
 ==Examples==
+'''Mobile Carriers and App marketplaces'''
+Companies like [[digital turbine]] auction<ref>https://www.digitalturbine.com/dt-fairbid</ref> off placement in carriers automatic download lists and recommended app's placement in first and third party app stores<ref>https://www.digitalturbine.com/telecom</ref>
+Digital turbine sells forced app downloads from app developers like: [[zynga]], miniclip games, [[King Digital Entertainment|'''King''' Digital Entertainment]] and [[Uber EULA precludes jury trial|Uber]],  placement in forced download lists to carries like: [[Verizon]], [[At&T]], [[Cricket wireless]], us cellular, tracfone  and T-mobile. <ref>https://www.digitalturbine.com/</ref>
 ===Banking and finance===
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 [[File:Forced app download.png|thumb|Luckin Coffee, a China-origin Starbucks competitor, forces you to download their app to order and pay for coffee. You cannot order coffee at the cashier in their store, let alone pay. You must use the app to interact with this business and digital payments to pay.]]
 The apps generate notifications that require users to approve/deny actions like logging in via a web browser, initiating a payment, adding a payee, etc via the app itself. Some banks previously offered sending an OTP via SMS (text) as an alternative to app-based approval but this has since been discontinued for "security reasons".
+'''Insurance'''
+Auto insurance companies like [[Progressive]], require non plan holders effected by automotive incidents their policyholders claim to submit photos and video evidence of damages exclusively through their mobile app.<ref name=":0">https://www.progressive.com/claims/auto-process/</ref>  Affected non policy holders can't complete the entire claim process through their website even though you can start the process online from any device and web browser. <ref name=":0" />
 ===Utilities and public services===