Hi all, I am wondering what the general census is on apps that, after installed, upon initial startup (or in a prefs, config, etc) ask a user for permission to use their credentials to post to facebook, twitter, flicr, S3, dropbox, and even to use their gmail account to directly email on their behalf?
I am playing around with a simple app idea that would like to send out emails on the user's behalf, but I can't afford a central email service, so my thought was, if the user grants me access, I can use their credentials to send email through gmail api on their behalf. Thus..my question is.. does this scare end users? If my description on the market indicates that after initial installation, the app, in order to best perform what it does to save the user time, requires their permission to send out emails on their behalf, post to facebook, etc (the app would allow the user to choose when to post to facebook, send emails, etc),will require them to authorize my app to act on their behalf.. is this something that most end users understand and are OK with? This is similar to an app like yahoo allowing a user to log in with facebook info.. they user has to accept the permission pop-up from facebook allowing yahoo (or other sites) to use their facebook info. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
