I can only speak for myself, but I checked my settings and the COVID-19 Exposure Notifications setting is set to "Off" and I still had this app pushed silently to my phone. What's even worse is there's no app icon for it on the device and it doesn't show up under your app list. I only knew it was on my device at all because I have auto updates turned off and it was in the queue waiting to be updated in the Play Store.
Yeah I noticed this on my phone yesterday. And I only noticed it because I have auto updates disabled for the Play Store and it was asking for an update. When I searched my installed apps list (both in the phone settings and in the Play Store), it did not show up. So not only was this silently installed on my phone without permission, it was hidden from me even seeing it was installed.
Some have speculated that this may only be happening to people who mistakenly (or purposefully) turned on the COVID-19 Exposure Notifications in the Google Settings. But I confirmed that that setting is turned off on my phone and the app still installed silently on my device anyway.
The state of mobile games is pretty sad, to be honest. There are obviously some great gems out there that focus on touch interface. But so many try to shoehorn classic-style games onto the platform with virtual joysticks on the screen and the like. That sucks so much. And that's not even considering microtransations and all that crap.
Ha. This is too true. If there wasn't some kind of construction project over budget at all times, people would think something was wrong.
Really though, the MBTA has a bunch of major issues. Not just project management. I honestly don't know what it would take to fix it but something has to give sooner or later. People are finally getting fed up.
To be fair in regards to the late night service cut, it was only a test program when they rolled it out and supposedly ridership was declining since they introduced it. Plus, it was only available on the weekends (two days a week) anyway.
And you usually have a choice with corporations. You can see in ToS how they plan to use your data and they often let you opt out. You don't get that with government agencies. Often you don't even know your data is taken since they're monitoring as much as they can see.