I don't have hopes of Google restoring the AppOps functionality in the future. Most of the apps require these excessive permissions because of third-party ad li

I don't have hopes of Google restoring the AppOps functionality in the future. Most of the apps require these excessive permissions because of third-party ad libraries. Google's AdMob library is the most popular of these libraries, being used in 36% of Android apps [1]. [1] : http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/ad http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/ad