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Yay, I enjoy being a systems integrator for my mobile phone. Not.

• StavrosK 14y ago
  How are you being a systems integrator? Or do you mean you need an app that reads your mind as to what permissions to grant?
  • sjwright 14y ago
    If I have to download and configure a custom application into my toaster in order to choose whether I permit raisin bread, I'm being a toaster systems integrator. "This isn't a problem, install this third party app to keep your permissions secure! But sorry, it could break at any time because Google don't provide support for it." This is a desktop computer mentality. Sorry dude, I'm a programmer and a sysadmin, but my phone is a #*$@ing APPLIANCE! I want it to make and receive calls, and maybe play a few rounds of Angry Birds without wondering if Rovio is tweeting my location behind my back.
    • StavrosK 14y ago
      So you become a systems integrator by downloading apps to your phone? Then I'm afraid you already are one, sadly. Who do these phone companies think they are, expecting people to actually program numbers in a device just to call someone? Not everyone is a programmer!
      • sjwright 14y ago
        You're being intentionally dense or missing the point.
        • StavrosK 14y ago
          What is the point? EDIT: You edited your comment above, but it still makes no sense to me. Your phone can't know if you want an app to access your personal info or not, you have to tell it. The only difference between what you want and what I propose is that you have to spend an extra two seconds installing an app. This doesn't sound so onerous, and doesn't mean you have to be an expert.