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I can choose not to install an app, but Google prevents me from doing it intelligently, that is, filtering the crappy apps demanding ridiculous permissions. I h
by dhekir 13y ago
I can choose not to install an app, but Google prevents me from doing it intelligently, that is, filtering the crappy apps demanding ridiculous permissions. I have to manually click on dozens of them before finding one that does not require, say, Internet access. APEFS (http://www.bs.informatik.uni-siegen.de/forschung/apefs http://www.bs.informatik.uni-siegen.de/forschung/apefs) allowed such filtering, but since Google Play was updated some months ago, it stopped working and was removed. Now I have to resort to F-Droid for free apps, but there are not nearly as many as in Google Play.
- Pxtl 13y agoExactly. The Play Store does not allow me to sort by permissions and doesn't display them up-front, making concern about permissions a fruitless endeavor. Give me a fuzzy-sort option where I can just apply weightings to how much I value out of (1) Permissions, (2) Popularity, (3) Price and (4) Relevance
- ansible 13y agoYes, exactly. I recently had to look through a dozen flashlight apps to find one that was non-scammy. Finally I found a couple that didn't require Internet access as well as personal information. Sheesh. Maybe I should have just written one myself.