>You needed to ask for permission for those things at install time No, apps didn't have to ask. They had to tell you, but they didn't ask - you couldn't say no

>You needed to ask for permission for those things at install time No, apps didn't have to ask. They had to tell you, but they didn't ask - you couldn't say no. All you could do is never install the app, which we all know is not realistic. Everybody's just clicking straight through that screen because every app simply requests almost every permission. People aren't gonna buy a 1000$ phone and then not install Facebook because it needs Contacts permission. Personally, I just gave up on Android and got an iPhone. > Any app that targets Android 6 or later is required to use it. Sure, but apps can simply target Android 5 to avoid it. It's not like enough Android phones get updates for apps to be able to be exclusive to anything less than Android ~4 years old. I'll concede my wording should've been more specific, but my main point is correct.