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Yea ok...but who does that really ? lets face it, this is just some extra signals so they can track you more easily. I know it was never intended to be used as tracking information but the least they could do is be less precise about your battery percentage.

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This is less of an issue if websites prompted you. I think the iOS permission model (which is what the web is going towards) is a pretty good model.

This lets sites who want to do "real things" with battery levels have access, without it being available "for free" (prompt is annoying).

This is ridiculous IMO. Instead of providing false (or "less precise") data let's not provide that data in the first place.

My guess is this is just another part of the attempt to move desktop features to the web browsers so that people don't have to write actual applications. Personally, I don't like this trend.

As I noted elsewhere, it’s about more than “so that people don’t have to write actual applications” (although I grant you that you have identified a real thing).

For the ideologically inclined, it’s also about disintermediating the relationship between users and developers. Web sites don’t need an app store.

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