Android is run by the stupidest people you can imagine. They make these decisions like MBAs
Comment on How is everyone dealing with Android 17's "Nearby Devices" change?
Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why are permissions so damn confusing? I say this as someone who knows why permissions are needed, such as location to find nearby devices. But why must we keep track of “permission X is for thing unrelated to X” in our heads? Now I haven’t tried to make a permissions system for the masses, so I guess I can’t say too much, but it doesn’t seem that difficult.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Because it makes the process harder for app developers who don’t fall in line with Google’s “
Don’tBe Evil” motto, while big corpos can ship the worst possible data harvesting/gambling/crypto scam/etc apps with nothing more than a slap on the wrist.Also why they’re cracking down on non-play store apps.
ferrybig@lemy.nl 2 weeks ago
Google tries to make permissions easy to understand for end users, instead of making them detailed for tech people. The permissions “nearby devices” covers any method for reaching out to nearby devices. Previously, you had the permission “location”, which contained some ways of local access.
An app requiring nearby devices to connect to a bluethooth or other nearby device is more clear than an application requesting your location.
Devices in the LAN are also considered devices near you
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s because people keep finding ways around them and they evolve in nonsensical ways.