Ryanair: Difference between revisions

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At the time of writing, the iOS version of the app has a size of about 304 MB<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-03 |title=Ryanair App – App Store |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ryanair/id504270602 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Apple App Store}}</ref> and the Android version about '''TODO'''.

According to the Exodus privacy project, the Android version of the app sends data to the following 9 tracking and advertising services and also requests access to the ~~device's~~ advertising ID:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-09 |title=Report for com.ryanair.cheapflights 3.217.1 - εxodus |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ryanair.cheapflights/latest/ |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Exodus Privacy Project}}</ref>

According to the Exodus privacy project, the Android version of the app sends data to the following 9 tracking and advertising services and also requests access to the advertising ID of the device:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-09 |title=Report for com.ryanair.cheapflights 3.217.1 - εxodus |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ryanair.cheapflights/latest/ |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Exodus Privacy Project}}</ref>

* Adobe Experience Cloud

*Adobe Experience Cloud

* Facebook Analytics

*Facebook Analytics

* Facebook Share

*Facebook Share

* Google CrashLytics

*Google CrashLytics

* Google Firebase Analytics

*Google Firebase Analytics

* Google Tag Manager

*Google Tag Manager

* Inmobi

*Inmobi

* Swrve

*Swrve

Users who use the app have to use something like the F-Droid version of [https://f-droid.org/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/ Tracker Control] if they wish to prevent the app from contacting and sending personal data to these companies.

==== Greenwashing ====

====Greenwashing====

The press release quotes the CEO that the measure would lead to "faster, smarter, and greener” travel. Saving resources in a mostly irrelevant area that barely contriubtes to the environmental impact is a common strategy used by companies with a high resource footprint (such as Apple moving to more environementally friendly packaging while the main product is still a repair-unfriendly disposable electronic item made with rare earth minerals). The vast majority of the emissions of an airline are generated by fuel combustion and energy consumption by the airports.

The press release quotes the CEO that the measure would lead to "faster, smarter, and greener” travel. Saving resources in a mostly irrelevant area that barely contriubtes to the environmental impact is a common strategy used by companies with a high resource footprint (such as Apple moving to more environementally friendly packaging while the main product is still a repair-unfriendly disposable electronic item made with rare earth minerals). The vast majority of the emissions of an airline are generated by fuel combustion and energy consumption by the airports.

=== Cheap prices with excessive surcharges ===

===Cheap prices with excessive surcharges===

TODO – see Wikipedia section on surcharges

=== Misleading advertising regarding emissions ===

===Misleading advertising regarding emissions===

TODO – see this BBC article<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hotten |first=Russell |date=2020-02-05 |title=Ryanair rapped over low emissions claims |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51372780 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=BBC}}</ref>

=== Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts ===

===Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts===

TODO – find some good and reputable sources

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 At the time of writing, the iOS version of the app has a size of about 304 MB<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-03 |title=Ryanair App – App Store |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ryanair/id504270602 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Apple App Store}}</ref> and the Android version about '''TODO'''.
-According to the Exodus privacy project, the Android version of the app sends data to the following 9 tracking and advertising services and also requests access to the device's advertising ID:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-09 |title=Report for com.ryanair.cheapflights 3.217.1 - εxodus |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ryanair.cheapflights/latest/ |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Exodus Privacy Project}}</ref>
+According to the Exodus privacy project, the Android version of the app sends data to the following 9 tracking and advertising services and also requests access to the advertising ID of the device:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-09 |title=Report for com.ryanair.cheapflights 3.217.1 - εxodus |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ryanair.cheapflights/latest/ |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Exodus Privacy Project}}</ref>
-* Adobe Experience Cloud
+*Adobe Experience Cloud
-* Facebook Analytics
+*Facebook Analytics
-* Facebook Share
+*Facebook Share
-* Google CrashLytics
+*Google CrashLytics
-* Google Firebase Analytics
+*Google Firebase Analytics
-* Google Tag Manager
+*Google Tag Manager
-* Inmobi
+*Inmobi
-* Swrve
+*Swrve
 Users who use the app have to use something like the F-Droid version of [https://f-droid.org/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/ Tracker Control] if they wish to prevent the app from contacting and sending personal data to these companies.
-==== Greenwashing ====
+====Greenwashing====
-The press release quotes the CEO that the measure would lead to "faster, smarter, and greener” travel. Saving resources in a mostly irrelevant area that barely contriubtes to the environmental impact is a common strategy used by companies with a high resource footprint (such as Apple moving to more environementally friendly packaging while the main product is still a repair-unfriendly disposable electronic item made with rare earth minerals). The vast majority of the emissions of an airline are generated by fuel combustion and energy consumption by the airports.
+The press release quotes the CEO that the measure would lead to "faster, smarter, and greener” travel. Saving resources in a mostly irrelevant area that barely contriubtes to the environmental impact is a common strategy used by companies with a high resource footprint (such as Apple moving to more environementally friendly packaging while the main product is still a repair-unfriendly disposable electronic item made with rare earth minerals<!-- Not sure if referencing the Apple example makes sense here. Maybe we should have a dedicated page of common greenwashing techniques we can link to from individual incidents. -->). The vast majority of the emissions of an airline are generated by fuel combustion and energy consumption by the airports.
-=== Cheap prices with excessive surcharges ===
+===Cheap prices with excessive surcharges===
 TODO – see Wikipedia section on surcharges
-=== Misleading advertising regarding emissions ===
+===Misleading advertising regarding emissions===
 TODO – see this BBC article<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hotten |first=Russell |date=2020-02-05 |title=Ryanair rapped over low emissions claims |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51372780 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=BBC}}</ref>
-=== Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts ===
+===Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts===
 TODO – find some good and reputable sources