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Yup. It's up to 'you' - you being the app writer. The poor shmuck who downloads the app has no choice or control over it.

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What web browser do you use? It probably updates itself on a regular basis.

Do you use any web apps? Those are updated and re-downloaded regularly, depending on how the app is built.

If you use an Android or iOS-based device, the software on it often becomes out-of-date and requires an upgrade in order to restore and improve functionality.

The app writers should have such control. The 'poor shmucks' have as much power as always in this ecosystem, because they can choose what apps they want to trust and use.

I'm looking at this from Android, as that's the initial target and discussion here. If I download an app from Google's app store, I have some confidence that the app is well behaved and has been checked for obvious malware... But if the app depends on remote code that can change when it likes, how can I ever be confident in using that app and granting it permissions?

In the Dart Conference talk, they mention that sky apps (DART apps on Android) are given access to ever permission the system gives them. These system given permissions will almost definitely work in the Play-store way (as opposed to asking whenever it is required, a la website style).

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