Small permissions change how people feel about apps

ArthurDent
Tue, 05 May 2026 21:21:30 +0000

Yeah, once an app asks for contacts it changes the vibe, even if you say no. I’ve seen teams fix this just by explaining what happens either way (“we’ll only match hashed numbers” vs “we can’t do friend search”), because the silent permission prompt reads like “we’re about to get weird. ”