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Alternative, less invasive and more privacy friendly workflows, such as PDF files or the usual passes for Apple and Google Wallet as well as the countless compatible open-source alternatives from the F-Droid store are not supported. | Alternative, less invasive and more privacy friendly workflows, such as PDF files or the usual passes for Apple and Google Wallet as well as the countless compatible open-source alternatives from the F-Droid store are not supported. | ||
Passengers have the option to manually request a currently free paper boarding pass at the airport after checking in online before. Simply printing their own or using a digital boarding pass without the Ryanair app is, however, not possible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-11 |title=Ryanair tries forcing app downloads by eliminating paper boarding passes |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/ryanair-tries-forcing-app-downloads-by-eliminating-paper-boarding-passes/?comments-page=1#comments |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref> | Passengers have the option to manually request a currently free paper boarding pass at the airport after checking in online before. Simply printing their own or using a digital boarding pass without the Ryanair app is, however, not possible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-11 |title=Ryanair tries forcing app downloads by eliminating paper boarding passes |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/ryanair-tries-forcing-app-downloads-by-eliminating-paper-boarding-passes/?comments-page=1#comments |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=Ars Technica |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251111214001/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/ryanair-tries-forcing-app-downloads-by-eliminating-paper-boarding-passes/?comments-page=1 |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref> | ||
Having an app installed on users' phones gives the company free advertising every time they see the icon on their homescreen, allows it to harvest significantly more data and enables it to send users advertising in the form of notifications. | Having an app installed on users' phones gives the company free advertising every time they see the icon on their homescreen, allows it to harvest significantly more data and enables it to send users advertising in the form of notifications. | ||
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'''. | 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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251116075340/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ryanair/id504270602 |archive-date=16 Nov 2025}}</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 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> | 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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260103092108/https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ryanair.cheapflights/latest/ |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref> | ||
*Adobe Experience Cloud | *Adobe Experience Cloud | ||
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===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> | 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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250603032045/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51372780 |archive-date=3 Jun 2025}}</ref> | ||
===Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts=== | ===Safety concerns due to insufficiently fuelling of aircrafts=== | ||