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The permission set is just a huge flaw in Android. They really need to adopt the iOS model.

• dredmorbius 13y ago
  What's the IOS model? My view: I should be able to specify what (if any) of my information is available. It's up to the app to decide if it wants to be there or not. There are some tools (I run across mentions, and there was one Google apparently pulled after "accidentally" releasing it) which do this. But really, it's why I'm looking for a dumb phone and a tablet running the tools I want (Web, eBook reader, SSH) and local apps, but not Android. Really bad taste in my mouth.
  • rainforest 13y ago
    The iOS model uses App Store reviews (with whatever static analysis secret sauce they do), plus user permission requests for access to some things like location and contacts. I'd suggest Nokia's Symbian permission model was better, if a little annoying. It asked each time the app tried to use a given permission (until you permanently allowed/disallowed it).
    • dredmorbius 13y ago
      I never had a Symbian device (though a couple of friends had Psions), but always had a bit of a soft spot for them.
      • rockdoe 13y ago
        I never had a Symbian device...but always had a bit of a soft spot for them. As someone who had and had to develop for it in the early days: those two things are directly correlated.