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Literally posted a suggestion yesterday for a sport project to use https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Accelerometer so I definitely see reasons. It might be better with a permission prompt first but still it's not without reason.
I suppose this is the other side of the I dont want an app for everything view.
Indeed, I try to have as little apps as possible... because I don't trust them.
Now that I mostly rely on F-Droid it's a bit different but my default behavior when I have to use an app is "Oh no... you're going to siphon all my data in exchange for mediocre service I'll still have to pay for" whereas I trust my browser a lot more.
I spent ages trying to find a pv installer that uses eu parts and ended up with a shite chinese app that has installer access with more options than me