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I found out about m.lyft.com and m.uber.com the other day. Both work pretty well, and I hope they save you as much space as they saved me! (Uber's app was 451MB

• beal 9y ago
  Most of my ride sharing has been booked through their integration with google maps app
• philsnow 9y ago
  also, the uber app tracks your location while you're not using the app (they say they only do so for ~5 minutes after your drop off, but you have to trust them). whereas you can deny the m.uber.com browser tab the ability to get your location from the browser (caveat: [0]), and you can close the tab when you're in the car. [0] companies can still get rough location information from your mobile IP address [1], because of course that's a revenue stream for all the big mobile carriers. [1] https://www.xda-developers.com/services-grab-location-info-data-privacy/ https://www.xda-developers.com/services-grab-location-info-d...
  • woolvalley 9y ago
    You know that isnt true anymore with the 5m location thing
  • linkregister 9y ago
    On iOS this has been changed to “when the app is open” for months.
    • philsnow 9y ago
      If they were to change it back, would you have to re-authorize that permission? I really don't know.