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Really? Android prompts once for permissions, per app, and that's it. iOS does a per-capability request of the user, at run-time. To some degree I like that;

Really? Android prompts once for permissions, per app, and that's it. iOS does a per-capability request of the user, at run-time. To some degree I like that; sometimes an app needs a permission (say, reading the crash log) in 1% or less of runs. It would be nice to be able to dynamically request a permission. If every ad network could push their own (signed!) ad-serving app, then it wouldn't be TOO bad. The system is in place on Android to ask for another app to handle a service, after all, so it's just the "auto-install dependencies" feature that's missing. And that feature is needed by some existing apps already as well. I also grab an announcement message when my games start, though, so I can push out announcements when appropriate. And soon I'm likely to be downloading new levels in my games. So I wouldn't be able to get rid of INTERNET permission. The PROBLEM, of course, is that now you've got users downloading an AD app, so if it wasn't explicit before that it's the ad provider that's tracking your position, your contacts, etc., then now it is. This would give a huge advantage to the dominant ad providers, and raise barrier-of-entry to newer providers, because if a provider is already installed on 85% of phones, then it's lower-friction to install the app that uses that provider.

sumukh1 15y ago
> Android prompts once for permissions, per app, and that's it. That's the problem I have with it, I should have been clearer. If I have an app that I install, and on launch prompts me to give it access to 4 different things, the only thing I can do is close the app. I can't selectively enable it. What could be interesting is Google/Apple being brokers of ads from different networks. (Not in their best intrest to do that, so it won't happen). Perhaps a verification system to verify the code as a certified ad framework that doesn't track you.
- SomeCallMeTim 15y ago
  What I was trying to say is that it asks you prior to install, not on first run, though I guess that's not really important. I heard recently that AdMob was going to be serving ads from competing ad networks, to increase its fill rate; it certainly can be in their best interests if they take a cut, right? :)

sumukh1 15y ago

> Android prompts once for permissions, per app, and that's it. That's the problem I have with it, I should have been clearer. If I have an app that I install, and on launch prompts me to give it access to 4 different things, the only thing I can do is close the app. I can't selectively enable it. What could be interesting is Google/Apple being brokers of ads from different networks. (Not in their best intrest to do that, so it won't happen). Perhaps a verification system to verify the code as a certified ad framework that doesn't track you.

SomeCallMeTim 15y ago
What I was trying to say is that it asks you prior to install, not on first run, though I guess that's not really important. I heard recently that AdMob was going to be serving ads from competing ad networks, to increase its fill rate; it certainly can be in their best interests if they take a cut, right? :)