[ionised]

> But I still can't approve only the app permissions I want and not approve the ones I don't (which coincidentally are not essential to app functioning).

Hmm? I can do exactly this in the Privacy Guard settings.

You can choose which permissions you want an app to have and which you don't. You can also set to Ask every time as well as just blanket blocking/.allowing permanently.

[joesmo]

Oh wow. You're right. The option does exist. It's just hidden behind a stupid, non-sensical UI. Apparently if I long tap the app name, I get a lot of options. This is great. I don't understand why they hide it behind such a stupid, non-obvious UI. Do I need to long tap every single other UI element to get some functionality that should be obvious? Until they make a proper UI for it, it might as well not exist.

[ionised]

Yeah it's not the most intuitive.

As far as I'm aware you just long-press the app name in order to get to the more granular permissions controls.

There's nothing else I'm aware of that needs these long presses to get more options, save the stuff that Android has anyway.