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This is a simple but wonderful idea! Hope more vendors follow. Google changing permission model to allow any app internet access was the stupidest decision mad
by zibzab 5y ago
This is a simple but wonderful idea!
Hope more vendors follow. Google changing permission model to allow any app internet access was the stupidest decision made by a company in this millennium
- izacus 5y agoIs there ANY OS out there that doesn't allow apps to the internet by default? Seriously, you throw around things like "sociopaths" for a pretty standard and expected user behaviour in all OSes out there?
- zibzab 5y agoWait, why is this a controversial stand? Is it really that bad to not wanting a random torch app to not use all your monthly data on God knows what?
- EvilEy3 5y agoBecause you're throwing jabs at Android while literally every other OS in existence behaves the same way regarding network access.
- colordrops 5y agoThis thread is in response to why we need a Linux OS, which is because they are all bad.
- EvilEy3 5y agoAndroid is infinitely better than anything you can come up with Linux OS on mobile. It is much easier to "fix" Android's "issues".
- fsflover 5y ago> than anything you can come up with Linux OS on mobile I don't understand how you can generalize this far. Using a full desktop OS on mobile with all desktop apps is undoubtedly better.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoIt is an idiotic idea because it makes my xmpp client unusable. It should be up to a user to decide what should work on a device and how, not forcing some undocumented behaviour upon a user 'for his own good'