I think Molly could fairly blame the apps and not Facebook. This flow (prompting for permission before a user accesses your app) is completely optional. You c

I think Molly could fairly blame the apps and not Facebook. This flow (prompting for permission before a user accesses your app) is completely optional. You can still use the new graph APIs and not do this. In my opinion, this flow makes a lot of sense when the page the user lands on is going to be completely uninteresting without their info. For example, if the page is going to show you a visualization of your friends' birthdays. However, I think it's overkill if you're just using it to grab permission to auto-share what they do. The apps can choose... I think these apps are choosing incorrectly.