[Wowfunhappy]

> That's like asking permission to read and write your entire phone, just to provide the ability to write and read back a file.

...it occurs to me that this is in fact how most desktop apps work, and I do prefer it that way.

[ornornor]

On windows idk but Unix has permissions for that reason.

[Dylan16807]

Normal Unix permissions do nothing here in a desktop context because the program is running under your account.

[Wowfunhappy]

There are permissions, but I think https://xkcd.com/1200/ is relevant here.