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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not really the focus here, but Google could really improve those listings by providing some guidance as to what permissions are actually required for certain tasks.

I am not certain I would know if am SMS program needs full Internet access or not.

(I get in this instance everything added is bad.)

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

strangely, you need "internet" for mms so, yes, sms app needs full internet access

[–] free@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey op, how did u get that screenshot? My gplay didn't have the new tags 'new' 😥 http://0x0.st/H0pq.png

[–] reactive_recall@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, maybe it's because of the phone. I'm using pixel 6a with GrapheneOS

[–] free@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Lol me too, I swear. Thanks for reply . I'm in the land of oz. So I assume ur in america. Different laws Im gonna assume.

[–] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I just went into Droidify to make sure all my simple apps stopped auto-updating and they all already had ignored new versions checked. Is this something I did or is this something Droidify did or is this something the f-droid repository did? If it's the one of the latter two that's pretty cool.

[–] redsquirrel@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ugh.

I think a good way to avoid this for any other app in the future is to just use alternativea found on fdroid.

... And disregard the rest :D

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[–] labbbb@thelemmy.club 2 points 9 months ago

When I saw some serious issues with Clock app (from Simple Apps), I deleted and never used it again. So many apps and so many bugs, lol.

[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
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