> So if you grant someone the permission and they screw you, google will
> say:it's your fault. Our Android is secure, it's your problem if you
> accepted permission without reading.

The difference between a typical EULA and the permissions screen is
enormous. I don't think they are comparable.

The problem with letting people selectively enable/disable permissions
is that now apps have to handle every possible combination of
permissions. Some of those they will actually need to do something
useful, so you don't win by letting people toggle them on/off, you
just force devs to add their own dialog box showing how to go toggle
the permission on.

I agree that Android needs a better way to handle optional
permissions, and I think prompting at runtime the first time they are
requested would provide a good user experience. But this has come up
many times and the Android core team don't like it, so, for now let's
drop it.
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