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App permissions
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 7 threads.
People raised many different problems with App permissions, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 7 complaints
- Users must tick a box and click "Don't allow" to refuse sharing, a dark pattern2026-03-01
- Apps enable notifications for everything by default, pushing users into constant interruptions2023-09-29
- Granting apps granular permissions requires users to keep fiddling with permissions for every file access2023-08-18
- Users can't tell whether apps have location access or how to see and revoke it2022-11-08
- Registration says account exists, password reset link is buried, and reset emails never arrive2020-11-02
- Current permission model is not user friendly for controlling which apps access which data2018-03-26
- Must remove each app's permissions one at a time with two clicks each2012-04-07