It’s to get your phones unique identifier /IMEI. Marketing sdks use this to know what to advertise to you.
I wish it was more granular and that they used a hash for IMEI. I’d happily share an IMEI unique hash. I’m not letting it make calls.
Some use it to ban you even if you make another account
Wow, did not know they would get that info as well. Never give permission to it. But it is still a lot worse than I thought
Fastest way for me to reject something
My phone has become barren of apps for this reason.
For real. At least half the time a native app isn’t even necessary. Just offer a high quality mobile experience on your website.
But how could they collect all that sweet sweet data about you?
Exactly.
Mine just got filled with apps for my home services
I used to have a folder of my self-hosted apps, now it’s basically just my app drawer
I wonder who the Croods will phone first 🤔
Nuclear missile command picks up the phone: You have a collect call from…THE CROODS…press 1 to accept the charges.
“That line’s not supposed to ring. Who is it?”
“Sir, it sounds like… you know that movie from the 2010s, the one with the cave people?”
“Ice Age?”
“No. No, not that one. It’s got Nick Cage in it.”
Grug: “He actually goes by Nicolas.”
“What?”
“What?”
Grug: “You can say Nick, it’s fine. You’ve gotta get us out of here!”
No mic? No camera?
