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When I was in grad school, the university's Student Union provided an extended health insurance plan. To get a reimbursement, you had two options for submitting
by murphyslab 5y ago
When I was in grad school, the university's Student Union provided an extended health insurance plan. To get a reimbursement, you had two options for submitting a claim: (1) Paper forms submitted via the student union or (2) the insurance company's app which was only for Apple devices. The app's only functionality was to facilitate taking a photo (of a receipt) and uploading that photo, along with the user's details. While I've heard that they now have a Google Play app, I still have zero understanding of why they don't simply have a website where one can upload a photo and associated details.
- Clewza313 5y agoFor many people, it's too complicated (as in, they don't know how) to transfer a photo into their computer and then upload it separately. Integrating a camera in the app is far easier. Still doesn't excuse being iOS-only, though.
- aspaviento 5y agoNowadays you can trigger the camera app from a website and get the image data directly in your web, making the experience of uploading a photo the same as any installed app.
- swiley 5y agoThe file upload input field has done this since iOS 4 or so.
- homero 5y agoBanks require apps to deposit checks for instance to get location and other data for anti fraud