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Android has exactly the permission controls you describe.
by xenomachina 5y ago
Android has exactly the permission controls you describe.
- irrational 5y agoSo, if iOS and Android both completely block Airbnb from actually using gps tracking… this is a complete non-issue it sounds like. I know iOS will auto block location services for any newly installed app, and I assume android does the same. So, someone would have to knowingly and manually give permission for Airbnb to track them. If someone wants to do that, that is up to them.
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y agoAndroid allows some apps to give users an option to track them at all times - Google Maps is an example. AirBNB currently doesn't even have this option. Maybe they're planning on adding it. When an app asks for your location - it has to give you all options - usually only 2: "only in app" and "never". There is a third: "always". It won't default to "always". So the user has to pick it. Zillow has this as an option - so I imagine the Play Store would let AirBNB add this option.