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> Apple had begun rejecting updates for the app because it required full system access, a fact that Eleftheriou disputed, saying that it still worked without th

> Apple had begun rejecting updates for the app because it required full system access, a fact that Eleftheriou disputed, saying that it still worked without the permissions. Then why did it even ask for full system access? Did it? IMHO developers of the apps which ask for any permissions besides those technically necessary for performing the actual function the user installs the app for should be warned once and then banned for years.

kevingadd 5y ago
Ever heard of optional features?
- JadeNB 5y ago
  Why not ask for the extra permissions when you need them for the extra features?
  - spywaregorilla 5y ago
    Do you have reason to believe that's not what they did?
    - JadeNB 5y ago
      > Do you have reason to believe that's not what they did? None at all, no, and I did not mean to assert that they didn't. I was not saying anything about the program itself, only responding to the claim that permissions had to be requested for optional features (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538104): > Then why did it even ask for full system access? Did it? IMHO developers of the apps which ask for any permissions besides those technically necessary for performing the actual function the user installs the app for should be warned once and then banned for years. which was a response to a question about why the permissions were requested if they were not necessary (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538036): > Then why did it even ask for full system access? Did it? IMHO developers of the apps which ask for any permissions besides those technically necessary for performing the actual function the user installs the app for should be warned once and then banned for years. Since the permissions become necessary when the user chooses to use the optional features, I took kevingadd to be claiming that the permissions had to be requested whether or not the optional features were used.
  - ChrisClark 5y ago
    It did. You only had to approve the permission of you wanted to use the extra features.

kevingadd 5y ago

Ever heard of optional features?

JadeNB 5y ago
Why not ask for the extra permissions when you need them for the extra features?
- spywaregorilla 5y ago
  Do you have reason to believe that's not what they did?
  - JadeNB 5y ago
    > Do you have reason to believe that's not what they did? None at all, no, and I did not mean to assert that they didn't. I was not saying anything about the program itself, only responding to the claim that permissions had to be requested for optional features (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538104): > Then why did it even ask for full system access? Did it? IMHO developers of the apps which ask for any permissions besides those technically necessary for performing the actual function the user installs the app for should be warned once and then banned for years. which was a response to a question about why the permissions were requested if they were not necessary (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28538036): > Then why did it even ask for full system access? Did it? IMHO developers of the apps which ask for any permissions besides those technically necessary for performing the actual function the user installs the app for should be warned once and then banned for years. Since the permissions become necessary when the user chooses to use the optional features, I took kevingadd to be claiming that the permissions had to be requested whether or not the optional features were used.
- ChrisClark 5y ago
  It did. You only had to approve the permission of you wanted to use the extra features.