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I did a similar thing back in college at [insert fast food franchise name].

One branch I went had a poster that roughly says "enter our mobile app survey and get a free meal", so I connect to their public wifi, downloaded it, enter the survey, and got a text message that can be exchanged on the cashier for some decent fries and other stuff. Later I learned that the app limits one submission per device per day, so few days later I start bringing friends to submit on their phones and got ourselves a free lunch. We did this once or twice a week so the manager doesn't get suspicious.

Then one time I accidentally got disconnected to the wifi after submitting, tried reopening the app and to my surprise, it allowed me to submit again. I guessed that they limit submission per IP address, so I tried reconnecting to the wifi and the app limits me like before. Me being curious, tried using a VPN and it didn't limit me both on wifi and mobile data, so that means I can do four submissions per day per device. Imagine how many meals I can get.

Few months later, the poster was removed, then later I learned that it was also removed on every branch in the city. The app just shows a blank white screen. Today I tried downloading the app and it still shows nothing.

Recently Coil sent an email to customers related to their privacy policy update, and apparently the email is sent by CC-in to 600+ addresses. There is also a follow up email from them aplogizing that “ due to a human error related to how we interface with our mailing list provider, a number of users' email addresses were populated alongside yours”.

Love the app! Straightforward with no extra stuff here and there. I’d like to share some suggestions after using it for a while:

- adding an option to partially omit or edit the address would be great since not every part of the world shows the exact address accurately

- inform what datas are stored (i did wonder why they show the latitude and longitude, because privacy reasons)

- add prompts for isp/carrier provider, subscription/plan type, and other granular details so people know what to pick or expect

- minor improvements on the user interaction, like autofocusing on the input so users can instantly type, or tap an entry to view more details

Overall, looking forward to share the app to my fellow iOS 14 users!