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by LoganDark 1215 days ago
> Oh, but there are plenty of things on Android that you simply cannot do. They aren't expressed as permissions at all.

Yeah, see what I said about escape hatches above.

> But, yes, if you don't want to match that profile, you will be offended by that kind of attitude from the provider.

> It covers the needs of their model user, the one which potentially generates the most profits for them. They have never meant or wanted to make a system that's most useful for any potential users. It just needs to be barely useful to turn profits.

Agreed~