[TylerE]

Asking the user sucks. All it does is train users to click yes without thinking about it because they just want to get on with their life. (See: The ubiquitous GDPR cookie prompts).

ANY "solution" that puts more burden on the user isn't.

[petre]

They could just ask once for defaults not every time and have a per app dialog where the user could tweak the permissions, like browsers do. For instance I have almost everything blocked in the browser: camera, location etc.

[easton]

They do it for location access, calendar access, notification access, and clipboard access for every app. Access to shared containers shouldn’t be a common occurrence outside of once when the app is set up.

[tekknik]

You didn’t disprove what your parent said. People still just tap yes on them. I ran an experiment and put little snitch on my wife’s laptop. She just clicked “accept” every time it popped up without question.

[thirdsun]

Well, I'd love it if the GDPR consent prompts were anything like Apple's privacy prompts.

The problem with consent prompts on websites is that they are rarely in compliance with the GDPR.

[tekknik]

The industry will always find ways around regulation. And what we’re left with is a confusing set of spaghetti laws.