This is nothing like that.

Vista popped up inscrutable boxes for all kinds of actions, with no explanation.

This is a small number of permissions, each explained clearly.

If Microsoft had done it this way, nobody would have laughed.

IDK MacOS blocks saving exports from Sequel Ace every single time I try. Have to do a file dialog dance each time or it silently fails. Guess devs just have to stay on top of the changing API requirements.

> Guess devs just have to stay on top of the changing API requirements.

Yes.

I guess timing and education matters. People would just click through all those Windows alerts. So they were useless. And maybe people weren't so savvy about privacy and security.

Nowadays, people are more aware about such things, so maybe you can start to assume the users are more comfortable about computing and the internet. So they should change their direction.

I'd agree with the sentiment if it was like Samsung making fun of removing a headphone jack, only to do the same thing less than a year later.