#android Is A Junk OS
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Android, according to Tom Warrenat least according to Tom WarrenWell, there you go, guys. We got all the confirmation we needed: a Tom Warren tweetTom Warren, who works for the tech site The Verge (you may have heard of it) went on a hate parade on Twitter today, calling Android a ‘junk OS’ because, some years ago, Facebook collected the call logs and SMSes of people who opted into giving Facebook that information.Shocker, right?Warren has obviously been harboring some resentment towards Android since this is not the first time he’s called Android a ‘junk OS’ for normally expected behaviour. Maybe it’s because it killed his precious Windows Phone OS? Who knows.The DealHere’s the deal: before Android Marshmallow (6.0), Android required you to opt into all the permissions an app needed upfront. So (...)
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