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I've been using Android since 2.x and I sell to remember it has always been like this. The recent change iirc is being able to decline a certain privilege and s

by efdee 8y ago

I've been using Android since 2.x and I sell to remember it has always been like this. The recent change iirc is being able to decline a certain privilege and still use the app.

saagarjha 8y ago
Yeah, they'd show you a list of a dozen things that the app was going to use and you basically just tapped the "accept" button because you wanted the app to have access to your photos except now it has access to your contacts, location history, notification center, and firstborn child. Android Marshmallow brought improvements in this area, though.
- efdee 8y ago
  Which is exactly what the comment was talking about.
- syshum 8y ago
  Yes an a responsible person that downloaded a photo app that requested access to "your contacts, location history, notification center, and firstborn child" would choose not to install it. If you continue to install those apps you only have yourself to blame IMO
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    But on Android pretty much any app does this. Just look at what Google Photos needs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
    - syshum 8y ago
      Using a Core Android App developed by Google, that used to be a part of ASOP, and it required to be installed on all Play Store Eligible Android Devices is not a good example of "Pretty much any app does this" I have all kinds of apps that do not do this, only asking for permissions they need
hellofunk 8y ago
No, only Android 6 and later has provided proper user permissions [0] : > You declare that your app needs a permission by listing the permission in the app manifest and then requesting that the user approve each permission at runtime (on Android 6.0 and higher). > Beginning with Android 6.0 (API level 23), users can revoke permissions from any app at any time [0] https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requestin...
- efdee 8y ago
  It got better in Android 6.0 but it was as described long before that.

by efdee 8y ago

I've been using Android since 2.x and I sell to remember it has always been like this. The recent change iirc is being able to decline a certain privilege and still use the app.

saagarjha 8y ago

Yeah, they'd show you a list of a dozen things that the app was going to use and you basically just tapped the "accept" button because you wanted the app to have access to your photos except now it has access to your contacts, location history, notification center, and firstborn child. Android Marshmallow brought improvements in this area, though.

efdee 8y ago
Which is exactly what the comment was talking about.
syshum 8y ago
Yes an a responsible person that downloaded a photo app that requested access to "your contacts, location history, notification center, and firstborn child" would choose not to install it. If you continue to install those apps you only have yourself to blame IMO
- saagarjha 8y ago
  But on Android pretty much any app does this. Just look at what Google Photos needs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
  - syshum 8y ago
    Using a Core Android App developed by Google, that used to be a part of ASOP, and it required to be installed on all Play Store Eligible Android Devices is not a good example of "Pretty much any app does this" I have all kinds of apps that do not do this, only asking for permissions they need

hellofunk 8y ago

No, only Android 6 and later has provided proper user permissions [0] : > You declare that your app needs a permission by listing the permission in the app manifest and then requesting that the user approve each permission at runtime (on Android 6.0 and higher). > Beginning with Android 6.0 (API level 23), users can revoke permissions from any app at any time [0] https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requestin...

efdee 8y ago
It got better in Android 6.0 but it was as described long before that.