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I disagree that there's no transition.

This looks like a pretty good alternative:

https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/bparno/papers/user-driven.pd...

Instead of the OS displaying an annoying prompt when the application tries to use a privilege, the application embeds an OS-drawn access control gadget inside its UI, such that the user interacting with the UI grants the privilege.

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Actually not far from how it works on macOS. Usage of a system "open file" dialog automatically creates a permission for the application to access that file from inside its container.

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Se... (search for "Powerbox")

macOS does something similar already for file open/save dialogs: they’re drawn by a trusted OS component instead of directly by the app, and the user’s act of selecting a file grants the app permission to access that file without an additional dialog.

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