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This is how it works in Android 6 - permissions are requested as needed and user can deny them individually.

Unfortunately apps have to be build against the new API, so it does not happen automatically for old apps.

Interesting! I hadn't heard anything about it past the 4.4.2 kerfluffle[1] I thought I looked, but maybe I haven't looked hard enough? - I've had family complain to me that they can't use uber because of the 'uber wants access to my contacts' issue.

hm. Perhaps I ought to research this; the gear VR does seem really great, especially if you can somehow wire a text editor into it. (I already have a bluetooth mechanical keyboard)

[1]https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/google-removes-vital-p...

You can deny permissions individually for older apps as well.

They aren't capable of handling the case where they aren't given access to a permission though, so that makes them potentially more prone to crashing.

My idea is that if they try to access your contacts, instead of receiving a potentially unhandled "access denied" exception, they should just receive an empty contact list. Et cetera.

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