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No question that Google has just been trying to ape Apple lately, but for mobile specifically there are actually lots of features that android and its ecosystem

No question that Google has just been trying to ape Apple lately, but for mobile specifically there are actually lots of features that android and its ecosystem had for years before Apple finally added (copied) it for iOS.

GeekyBear 4y ago
With permissions, before Google started to copy Apple's system, there was no such thing as an Android user being able to deny an app permission to do something. Either you gave the app permission to do everything it wanted, or you couldn't install the app at all. Isn't the next version of Android the first time users will be allowed to deny an app permission to send notifications? That's been in iOS from the start and has always provided a way to silence apps that spam notifications.
- bsoft16385 4y ago
  Android has had the ability to disable notifications for at least the last few years.
  - GeekyBear 4y ago
    >Android 13 (API level 33) introduces a new runtime permission for sending non-exempt notifications from an app: POST_NOTIFICATIONS. This change helps users focus on the notifications that are most important to them. https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/changes/notification-permission https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/changes/noti...
- easrng 4y ago
  Android has had the ability to turn off notifications since Android 4.1 (July of 2012) and I'm pretty sure the ability to turn off notifications on iOS was added in iOS 5 (October 2011) iOS only added permissions at all in iOS 6, before that apps had access to photos, calendars, contacts and reminders automatically.
  - GeekyBear 4y ago
    >One of the most notable changes in Android 13 is the new runtime permission model for notifications. In previous Android versions, apps could post notifications by default without requesting any permission. https://www.xda-developers.com/android-13-beta-3-review-notifications/ https://www.xda-developers.com/android-13-beta-3-review-noti...
    - LordDragonfang 4y ago
      Yes, notification permission was previously granted by default, because the ability to block an app from sending notifications predates the concept of affirmative app "permissions". Android has recently been refining their notifications model, increasing the granularity of the notifications by splitting them into "types" and user-assigned "priority" levels. It seems default-off is the newest step in that, apparently.

GeekyBear 4y ago

With permissions, before Google started to copy Apple's system, there was no such thing as an Android user being able to deny an app permission to do something. Either you gave the app permission to do everything it wanted, or you couldn't install the app at all. Isn't the next version of Android the first time users will be allowed to deny an app permission to send notifications? That's been in iOS from the start and has always provided a way to silence apps that spam notifications.

bsoft16385 4y ago
Android has had the ability to disable notifications for at least the last few years.
- GeekyBear 4y ago
  >Android 13 (API level 33) introduces a new runtime permission for sending non-exempt notifications from an app: POST_NOTIFICATIONS. This change helps users focus on the notifications that are most important to them. https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/changes/notification-permission https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/changes/noti...
easrng 4y ago
Android has had the ability to turn off notifications since Android 4.1 (July of 2012) and I'm pretty sure the ability to turn off notifications on iOS was added in iOS 5 (October 2011) iOS only added permissions at all in iOS 6, before that apps had access to photos, calendars, contacts and reminders automatically.
- GeekyBear 4y ago
  >One of the most notable changes in Android 13 is the new runtime permission model for notifications. In previous Android versions, apps could post notifications by default without requesting any permission. https://www.xda-developers.com/android-13-beta-3-review-notifications/ https://www.xda-developers.com/android-13-beta-3-review-noti...
  - LordDragonfang 4y ago
    Yes, notification permission was previously granted by default, because the ability to block an app from sending notifications predates the concept of affirmative app "permissions". Android has recently been refining their notifications model, increasing the granularity of the notifications by splitting them into "types" and user-assigned "priority" levels. It seems default-off is the newest step in that, apparently.