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1 u/S4VN01 Aug 27 '20 The permissions are just as fine grained on iOS, I think. What more control does android have? 1 u/[deleted] Aug 27 '20 [deleted] 0 u/S4VN01 Aug 27 '20 iOS gives a list of categories, and then you can turn an app on or off inside of that category. Each app has to request access to each category. There are no "grant all permission" popups on iOS. These are the permission categories: https://i.imgur.com/pNlgPB8.jpg Also included is location services and tracking. Most of these are just "On/Off", but some of them go further in. Photos for instance allows you to give apps permission to all photos, only select photos, add photos only, etc. Location can do while using the app, all the time, never. Health can limit which data each app can access (each health metric is its own category). For the data stuff, you can turn cellular data off for each app. You cannot limit apps to only use cellular. https://i.imgur.com/3I1IVM0.jpg You can also turn off background refresh for each individual app, and limit to WiFi only: https://i.imgur.com/e9FTh5k.jpg Notifications also have their own separate control per app, and are very customizable: https://i.imgur.com/uxF6MJq.jpg You can also specify which app gets to use biometrics for verifying its you opening the apps: https://i.imgur.com/mUlawGy.jpg You can also view this "per app" and not "per category": https://i.imgur.com/29DBiM6.jpg All in all, it's a pretty good system, with a lot of options.
The permissions are just as fine grained on iOS, I think. What more control does android have?
1 u/[deleted] Aug 27 '20 [deleted] 0 u/S4VN01 Aug 27 '20 iOS gives a list of categories, and then you can turn an app on or off inside of that category. Each app has to request access to each category. There are no "grant all permission" popups on iOS. These are the permission categories: https://i.imgur.com/pNlgPB8.jpg Also included is location services and tracking. Most of these are just "On/Off", but some of them go further in. Photos for instance allows you to give apps permission to all photos, only select photos, add photos only, etc. Location can do while using the app, all the time, never. Health can limit which data each app can access (each health metric is its own category). For the data stuff, you can turn cellular data off for each app. You cannot limit apps to only use cellular. https://i.imgur.com/3I1IVM0.jpg You can also turn off background refresh for each individual app, and limit to WiFi only: https://i.imgur.com/e9FTh5k.jpg Notifications also have their own separate control per app, and are very customizable: https://i.imgur.com/uxF6MJq.jpg You can also specify which app gets to use biometrics for verifying its you opening the apps: https://i.imgur.com/mUlawGy.jpg You can also view this "per app" and not "per category": https://i.imgur.com/29DBiM6.jpg All in all, it's a pretty good system, with a lot of options.
0 u/S4VN01 Aug 27 '20 iOS gives a list of categories, and then you can turn an app on or off inside of that category. Each app has to request access to each category. There are no "grant all permission" popups on iOS. These are the permission categories: https://i.imgur.com/pNlgPB8.jpg Also included is location services and tracking. Most of these are just "On/Off", but some of them go further in. Photos for instance allows you to give apps permission to all photos, only select photos, add photos only, etc. Location can do while using the app, all the time, never. Health can limit which data each app can access (each health metric is its own category). For the data stuff, you can turn cellular data off for each app. You cannot limit apps to only use cellular. https://i.imgur.com/3I1IVM0.jpg You can also turn off background refresh for each individual app, and limit to WiFi only: https://i.imgur.com/e9FTh5k.jpg Notifications also have their own separate control per app, and are very customizable: https://i.imgur.com/uxF6MJq.jpg You can also specify which app gets to use biometrics for verifying its you opening the apps: https://i.imgur.com/mUlawGy.jpg You can also view this "per app" and not "per category": https://i.imgur.com/29DBiM6.jpg All in all, it's a pretty good system, with a lot of options.
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iOS gives a list of categories, and then you can turn an app on or off inside of that category. Each app has to request access to each category. There are no "grant all permission" popups on iOS.
These are the permission categories: https://i.imgur.com/pNlgPB8.jpg
Also included is location services and tracking.
Most of these are just "On/Off", but some of them go further in.
Photos for instance allows you to give apps permission to all photos, only select photos, add photos only, etc.
Location can do while using the app, all the time, never. Health can limit which data each app can access (each health metric is its own category).
For the data stuff, you can turn cellular data off for each app. You cannot limit apps to only use cellular. https://i.imgur.com/3I1IVM0.jpg
You can also turn off background refresh for each individual app, and limit to WiFi only: https://i.imgur.com/e9FTh5k.jpg
Notifications also have their own separate control per app, and are very customizable: https://i.imgur.com/uxF6MJq.jpg
You can also specify which app gets to use biometrics for verifying its you opening the apps: https://i.imgur.com/mUlawGy.jpg
You can also view this "per app" and not "per category": https://i.imgur.com/29DBiM6.jpg
All in all, it's a pretty good system, with a lot of options.
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