> The problem at hand is actually a pet peeve of mine and I really don't get why it's still the default to grant programs access to all our personal data.

That's because our data has become a commodity relatively recently, and desktop technology still hasn't fully caught up yet. Regardless, it seems in general it's companies that run web services that are a bigger problem than desktop applications.

Either way, I'm glad projects like these exist, including snapd, flatpak, and this. The likes of flatpak and snapd may not be perfect, but it's progress.