2023-07-04 07:47 UTC
@Deeso@mastodon.social @arnoid@mastodon.social @MsHearthWitch@wandering.shop @clifff@shakedown.social It's not just the opt-out; usually they will gate part of functionality behind unnecessary (but related) permissions.
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@arnoid@mastodon.social 2023-07-04 07:57
@dascandy42@mastodon.social @Deeso@mastodon.social @MsHearthWitch@wandering.shop @clifff@shakedown.social They are not allowed to do that as per the store guidelines for both apple and google. Their app submissions would be rejected. So for example a navigation app requires you to give it location access , but if for some reason it also requires access to your contacts for navigation that app will not pass the app review process and the dev will have to make the necessary changes but my main point remains “Transparency” is imp