johncassil
johncassil on Hacker News
Even for chromecast and spotify I never want or use these features, and if I am not turning such a feature on I never want to be asked about a permission related to it, as a user. If I am turning a feature on or I am trying to use chromecast, THAT is the time to prompt me about it
Regardless, apple should definitely not send popups unless an app is being engaged with.
I assume that is a quick fork and publish, but seems scary lol
This particular item never been a problem for me because I incessantly close everything after I am done with it but it is super cool that we can ask AI to dig into the weeds for us now and fix our annoyances -- or even search repos online where someone else had and fixed this problem
I maintain that Steve Jobs would have taken the engineers to task over this poor UX.
Good question -- I have been pointing claude at repos for security reviews before I install stuff now for exactly this reason.
oof, it was originally one, forgot about the refactor lol
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johncassil on Thursday October 29, 2026 @03:27PM
from the show-hn dept.
https://github.com/johncassil/dontallow
This popup has been a constant gripe of mine for years. I almost NEVER want to allow this permission and there is no system setting to disable it globally and prevent the popup from interrupting your typing, etc. This tiny swift app I built will autoclose it in 1/4th of a second and leave behind a little notification that it did so. Would love to hear feedback!