> The problem with coarse-grained control like AppOps is that it can cause apps to malfunction or even outright crash when they try to use permissions that you revoked.
The problem with Android, being a meta-distribution, is that Google has less control over when users (not just Nexus) get version X of Android.
I remember Andy Rubin said Android could evolve more quickly because it was open source. Without debating that, its clear that in practice we haven't seen that when taking into account what users are actually using.
This makes it very difficult for Google to make these breaking kinds of changes to make things better, so entropy keeps accumulating in the platform.
The problem with Android, being a meta-distribution, is that Google has less control over when users (not just Nexus) get version X of Android.
I remember Andy Rubin said Android could evolve more quickly because it was open source. Without debating that, its clear that in practice we haven't seen that when taking into account what users are actually using.
This makes it very difficult for Google to make these breaking kinds of changes to make things better, so entropy keeps accumulating in the platform.