| I don't think other concerns are less important to "privacy" concerns. Each restriction just makes certain ideas/project impossible or less ideal [1]. Honestly as an Android dev, I will prefer devices come with these restrictions by default. Then there should be a "I don't give a f*ck" button in the device developer options settings. The option can be hidden behind 10 screens. Audit rails can be added. Anything but completely eliminating power-use in the name of privacy. 1 - I couldn't implement some telemetry in this project because google yanked the ability to read process stats: https://elvischidera.com/2020-11-23-building-distributed-and... They could have required a permission instead. Or inform the user about the process I'm observing. The data I was looking to gather has nothing to do with the user, but the task itself. Another example is the restrictions introduced in the Bluetooth API. Not all use of these APIs are intended for stalking. It doesn't make sense to keep "dumbing" down devices. PS: I'm not arguing about the validity of your concerns. I just wanted to add an alternate take which I felt was missing in this thread. |