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It isn't a fanboy war. The Android permission system is terrible, and users cannot get a sense of what apps are able to do. I've used Android since Galaxy I. I'
by JoshMnem 11y ago
It isn't a fanboy war. The Android permission system is terrible, and users cannot get a sense of what apps are able to do. I've used Android since Galaxy I. I've never used an iPhone.
- notatoad 11y agoAs the parent comment says, this is now fixed. Android has moved to an iOS style permissions system in 6.0
- JoshMnem 11y agoIt isn't fixed on my phone, and we've already suffered through years of it.
- y4mi 11y agoroot your phone and install a permission manager. or use cyanogenmod and enable the built-in.
- JoshMnem 11y agoI would like to do that, but I don't want to risk turning my phone into a brick just to get basic root permissions.
- tedks 11y agoWell, fortune favours the bold. You can take that risk or you can be cattle for all the apps that want you to actually watch the ads they support themselves with. Make your choice.
- sangnoir 11y agoThe quickest solution to your years of suffering would be getting an iPhone.
- JoshMnem 11y agoI'd prefer a Free software OS that gives me root access.
- Tloewald 11y agoGiven that the number of users for whom it's "fixed" rounds to 0 (and the proportion of apps targeting the v6 SDK probably also rounds to 0, so even if you are running Marshmallow it won't work for the vast majority of apps) I think that specifying that it's "fixed" is a tad overstated. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0-marshmallow-thoroughly-reviewed/5/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0-marshmall...