Words cannot express how much I hate phone apps being normalized for every goddamn thing.

I hate contemporary software norms.

They want to use your gyroscope to synchronize your movement within the store with their mapping of what products are on which shelves.

Historically this has been done by offering free in-store Wi-Fi and then triangulating the movement of cell phones within the store based on their signal strength from the perspective of the various Wi-Fi access point supporting the store's network, but a gyroscope will even tell them if you crouch down or turn around.

Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”

It's never enough data for them.

I think the reason is likely their "Sincerly Health" program. Why anyone would trust their grocery store with any of their Health Data is beyond me though.

Is it so that if you're fat they can send you ads for sugary snacks? Cause they know you can't resist. Healthy people get veggie ads, unhealthy people get snacks.

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1473/

Surge pricing. If your BMI is high they charge more for Pringles.

I so quickly and naturally clicked "Don't allow" on my screen and realized a second later that this was a post. I think that's more of a bad thing than a good thing.

"Hey fatty, come get your icecream you big fat fuck. We reduced it by a dollar so get ten of them and eat until you feel sick, you disgusting whale."

Jewel, I'll give you my fitness data when you clean up whatever has been reeking in the potato aisle for the last 3 months. What a trash ass grocery store.

Inb4 “They already do that based on what you regularly purchase”

People who make this argument piss me off so much. Yeah, my privacy is already almost entirely eroded away. Why on Earth would I decide to let the rest of it go? Sure, Google knows where I live. I guess that's good enough reason to tell you motherfuckers that my address is 7473 W 47th St S, Wichita, KS, 67215. I mean if the data is already out there, what point is there in trying to obfuscate it?

This is specifically the permission to track your movement, not your BMI or other health data. It's to turn your iPhone into a step counter. Probably something they use when you are in the store to help you find items?

Weird how everyone is being upset at this and didn't check what this permission does before piling on.

I would delete the app just because they tried

Some people are in for a rude awakening if they think that the slight nuisance of "being shown targeted ads" is the biggest issue with dragnet data collection.

this is why you don't put apps like that on your phone

i nearly pressed allow when i saw this

I just wish they’d weren’t always out of the roasted chicken on Mondays. Even though the fried is great, I need to cut back on the fried stuff.