For 14 years, every Android app could send you notifications by default. Install a weather app, and it could spam you with alerts. Install a game, and it could ping you hourly to “claim your reward.” The only way to stop it was to dig through Settings and disable notifications per-app.
Tag: Permission
One-Time Permissions: Android’s Privacy Pivot
“Allow” or “Deny” was a terrible choice. Grant a weather app your location, and it had it forever. Grant a messaging app camera access for one photo, and it could access your camera anytime. The binary permission model treated every grant as permanent.