Eh. I get what you're saying but I think there's some terrible downsides to this approach. For example, what if the app is supposed to direct you to the neare

Eh. I get what you're saying but I think there's some terrible downsides to this approach. For example, what if the app is supposed to direct you to the nearest hospital, and the user denies its location permissions and then forgets and reopens it later or something? If the app doesn't know whether it has permission (or, worse, thinks it's getting accurate data when it's not), it would be impossible to program reliable error functionality. If developers try to coerce you into giving extra permissions, hopefully the average user will be smart about it and just delete the app. At any rate, your solution definitely sounds like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.