>> the way android apps just demand permisions for everything making the security benefit of permissions largely pointless. > That hasn't been the case for a p

>> the way android apps just demand permisions for everything making the security benefit of permissions largely pointless. > That hasn't been the case for a pretty long time. Now the permissions are quite granular and you can accept and refuse specific one at any time. This is technically a correct answer, but I've seen the bad habit of asking for many permissions (and sometimes refusing to work without) being more common on Android. An example is a bank's app that will refuse to launch (or I mean, provide any meaningful information/experience) unless location permission is given (this is when giving the permission means an "always allow") and unless it's connected to a cellular data network (not WiFi). On iOS, the app is better behaved and will work with some useful functionality when certain permissions are denied.