Re:Google Play is reinstating the app permissions section
by easrng on Thursday July 21, 2022 @05:44PM
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Android has had the ability to turn off notifications since Android 4.1 (July of 2012) and I'm pretty sure the ability to turn off notifications on iOS was added in iOS 5 (October 2011)
iOS only added permissions at all in iOS 6, before that apps had access to photos, calendars, contacts and reminders automatically.
Re:Google Play is reinstating the app permissions section
by GeekyBear on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:01PM
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>One of the most notable changes in Android 13 is the new runtime permission model for notifications. In previous Android versions, apps could post notifications by default without requesting any permission.
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-13-beta-3-review-noti...
Re:Google Play is reinstating the app permissions section
by LordDragonfang on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:17PM
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Yes, notification permission was previously granted by default, because the ability to block an app from sending notifications predates the concept of affirmative app "permissions".
Android has recently been refining their notifications model, increasing the granularity of the notifications by splitting them into "types" and user-assigned "priority" levels. It seems default-off is the newest step in that, apparently.
Re:Google Play is reinstating the app permissions section
by bsoft16385 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @04:30PM
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Android has had the ability to disable notifications for at least the last few years.
Re:Google Play is reinstating the app permissions section
by GeekyBear on Thursday July 21, 2022 @05:03PM
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>Android 13 (API level 33) introduces a new runtime permission for sending non-exempt notifications from an app: POST_NOTIFICATIONS. This change helps users focus on the notifications that are most important to them.
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/changes/noti...
Isn't the next version of Android the first time users will be allowed to deny an app permission to send notifications? That's been in iOS from the start and has always provided a way to silence apps that spam notifications.