View Single Post
Old 11-21-2013, 04:38 AM   #48
Faterson
pokrývač škridiel
Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Faterson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Faterson's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,525
Karma: 3300000
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Device: 3*iPad, SamsungNote & Tabs, 2*OnyxBoox, Huawei 8″, PocketBook
"Etc. etc."? I don't think so. You couldn't prolong that list much longer.

The point is this: Android is fully transparent at the moment of installation. It lets you know the minutest permission an app might need during its "life" on the device. Based on that, you can either go on and install the app, or not install the app. Such transparency on Android's part is great, and praiseworthy.

In contrast, in iOS, you are told nothing: you can only install an app, and deal with the consequences later on -- which are never presented to you in a straightforward way, in an easy-to-overlook list. As mentioned, it is comical to suppose that, for example, a Facebook app on iOS would "respect your privacy" (as the mantra goes), while the same app on Android would not. The Facebook app does pretty much the same thing everywhere -- it's just that Android is being upfront about it.

Also, the above screenshot is quite brutal. A 75-year-old Grandma with bad eyesight would notice the difference. The "gamut-gate" is not geeky nitpicking. I heard a joke about renaming iPad mini Retina to "iPad Water", due to the washed-out colours.
Faterson is offline   Reply With Quote