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I've honestly never had an app that didn't have a VERY good reason to need contacts access actually request it.

consteval 2y ago
Pretty much all social media apps request contacts and will auto-recommend your profile(s) to your contacts. Kind of a shitty feature if you want a somewhat private social media profile. I mean, not all social media is Facebook, can we please stop treating it as such?
- scarface_74 2y ago
  And you can say “no” and the app still works
  - consteval 2y ago
    Okay. And? I guess I don't have a right to complain because I can just ignore the app's pestering. With this kind of mentality, you can justify close to anything. I don't think this is sound reasoning.
    - ToucanLoucan 2y ago
      I mean, in order: - If I install an app, and if it were to request permissions I don't feel it needs, I decline them - If it asks again later and provides a justification, I may approve it, if I feel the functionality is worth it. But I may not. - If I don't and it continues to pester me, I delete the thing and move on. Frankly I could count on a couple of hands the number of apps that have access to my contacts, and all of them need that access in order to function.
    - scarface_74 2y ago
      Do you feel the same way about the GDPR imposed cookie banners?
      - consteval 2y ago
        They're not actually imposed in the way we're seeing them. I have a big issue with low-quality software and most companies make very low-quality software. 99% of the time I see the cookie-banner, I will say "well for this type of website this isn't necessary". Either they're collecting suspicious, unnecessary data or they misunderstood the law. Either way it's not a good look for them. Eventually it reaches an inflection point where it's so prevalent all I can do is complain, not avoid.
BobaFloutist 2y ago
WhatsApp insisted on important contacts instead of letting me add them manually.
- wafflemaker 2y ago
  What's up doesn't start if you don't give it full contact list on Android.
  - BobaFloutist 2y ago
    That's the impression I got, though I had a haunting suspicion that there was some other way I wasn't able to find. It's disgusting.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    It works fine on iOS if you say “no”

Pretty much all social media apps request contacts and will auto-recommend your profile(s) to your contacts. Kind of a shitty feature if you want a somewhat private social media profile. I mean, not all social media is Facebook, can we please stop treating it as such?

scarface_74 2y ago
And you can say “no” and the app still works
- consteval 2y ago
  Okay. And? I guess I don't have a right to complain because I can just ignore the app's pestering. With this kind of mentality, you can justify close to anything. I don't think this is sound reasoning.
  - ToucanLoucan 2y ago
    I mean, in order: - If I install an app, and if it were to request permissions I don't feel it needs, I decline them - If it asks again later and provides a justification, I may approve it, if I feel the functionality is worth it. But I may not. - If I don't and it continues to pester me, I delete the thing and move on. Frankly I could count on a couple of hands the number of apps that have access to my contacts, and all of them need that access in order to function.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    Do you feel the same way about the GDPR imposed cookie banners?
    - consteval 2y ago
      They're not actually imposed in the way we're seeing them. I have a big issue with low-quality software and most companies make very low-quality software. 99% of the time I see the cookie-banner, I will say "well for this type of website this isn't necessary". Either they're collecting suspicious, unnecessary data or they misunderstood the law. Either way it's not a good look for them. Eventually it reaches an inflection point where it's so prevalent all I can do is complain, not avoid.

BobaFloutist 2y ago

WhatsApp insisted on important contacts instead of letting me add them manually.

wafflemaker 2y ago
What's up doesn't start if you don't give it full contact list on Android.
- BobaFloutist 2y ago
  That's the impression I got, though I had a haunting suspicion that there was some other way I wasn't able to find. It's disgusting.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  It works fine on iOS if you say “no”