But at the same time, it raises some other questions. Two that come to my mind:
1) Is this what users really want? Would not a device-side negotiation mechanism (block XY permissions to app AB) be more appropriate, assuming the UI could communicate this to users?
2) Are cries of 'censorship' going to rally from influential non-innovators who are not yet ready for a truely mobile business model in light of the policy changes?
/via +David Amerland
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+Able Lawrence oh, I've done that too. Though without the sync error; it took the SD card well.
+Sophie Wrobel Literally forced me to buy an SD Card and soon after adding the SD card the phone went crazy – not showing contacts (Sync error) and forced me to do a factory reset
+Able Lawrence good question. You'd have to ask a googler. I've noticed the same phenomenon too, it's quite annoying.
Ping +Yonatan Zunger
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ahm +Able Lawrence it is Google's operating system, it makes sense for them to include their products. Its the same on all mobile platforms.
On my phone they are alspace hogs.
All of them from Gmail, Hangout, Google plus (55Mb) etc
Actually +Able Lawrence the Google services do not take up that much space with the exception of Google Play games at 30mb with the rest at around 3 mb and lower and its for your benefit as it gives you access to services that would have been tied to the OS and require a whole new update of the OS itself. What I would advise though is to check the cache of chrome and Google play music as they tend to get filled up pretty fast.
+Sophie Wrobel Good move. What are they doing about Android bloat. Android and google services have been bloating up recently taking up more and more disc space and crowding out everything else
+Sophie Wrobel Love the intro.
«1) Is this what users really want? Would not a device-side negotiation mechanism (block XY permissions to app AB) be more appropriate, assuming the UI could communicate this to users?»
Isn't this the new policy? Acoording to the article:
«The user can explicitly allow this but without the user consent, it is no longer allowed.»
To answer your questions
1) Yes this is what I want
2) Don't care its Google's store.
Google had to do this, Android has reached the point where Google now wants the Google Play store to be more profitable and they only way to do this is to be slightly more stringent. I expect cries of foul by some people who would say Android is open source, but its not. Its more open source than many other mobile OS's but at the end of the day Google is running a business.