[mikaeluman]

I see the point. But honestly I am more concerned about having to constantly fight to turn off all permission allowances every time I install an app.

And the moment I have some faith and trust an app that I deem important, I get promotional junk as a "notification".

I would really like to have notifications allowed on certain apps like parking, or health etc., but all they seem to do is abuse the trust they are given, meaning I turn them off.

So where I agree with this author is certainly that more power belongs at the user.

[thisislife2]

Apart from this, what is most needed in both platforms is an application firewall - not every app needs to be allowed to connect to the internet.

[thewebguyd]

I can't believe this still isn't a thing outside of GrapheneOS. Being able to revoke network permissions is a fundamental security and privacy tool that's willfully left out of both Android and iOS.

There's zero reason not to include it as a toggle.

[TheNewsIsHere]

On iOS it wouldn’t even be that hard. There’s already a toggle to disable use of cellular connectivity. Add a separate one for non-cellular (iPadOS can connect via Ethernet), and/or a “disallow all” toggle.

We are partly there in spirit with App Transparency keeping track of the IPs and hostnames apps connect to.

[thisislife2]

Apparently chinese versions of ios (specifically for China) already have this feature because the Chinese government mandates it!

[thewebguyd]

> certain apps like parking, or health etc., but all they seem to do is abuse the trust they are given, meaning I turn them off.

I've found that live activities on iOS helps with this quite a bit. Let's me keep notifications disabled on parking apps and DoorDash while still getting the tracking info I want in the live activity & dynamic island.

Otherwise, yeah, you just can't trust anyone to be respectful with notifications. Phone & a messages whitelist via focus modes are the only notifications I allow on my phone.

[sor1nmarkov]

"having to constantly fight to turn off all permission allowances every time I install an app"

Are you really installing that many apps that this is so hard?