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Android wants nearly all the permissions for camera use (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/android@lemmy.world
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Wondering what people are thinking about this and why the internet is so quiet about it. I am not happy. Today it decided I couldn't use the camera without giving it extensive permissions and agreeing to it. Not cool. Update: Open Camera worked and I hope Google doesn't block this and other apps in September as they are threatening. Almost slipped into agenda posting. You all have the internet too.

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[–] 8 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Time for a GrapheneOS phone. The camera app is not the default Google Camera App.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    What?

    This isn't iOS. You don't need to change the whole operating system to use a different camera app. Just install Open Camera and disable the built-in app.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Sandboxed apps on GraphenesOS so if you do decide to use the Google Camera app to access the more advance features then you can still do it without giving google everything.

    I.e. motoG had an erase motion AI function, as well as other AR tools but only if you used the Google Camera app, other camera apps wouldn't leverage it

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    I think they are getting at is you can still use the Google camera app on Graphene with Network Permissions denied. Open Camera is a great app but I found the pictures came out way worse. I hate Google as much as the next guy here but their camera app is superior.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I could barely afford my bargain basement phone. No pixel or graphene for me, but I'm glad people are able to make better choices. I'm sure it helps the situation for everyone.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

    I pay far less for my used Pixels than a new phone - I refuse to buy new when a 2 year old phone is $150

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Nice! I couldn't exactly plan ahead. One day I had a phone, the next I had a completely dead phone and no way to get into critical accounts. Some days.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Totally forgot about this until now… (thanks) but I remember having to tape a tiny wire to the charging pad on one of my first android phones and then squeezing the (dead) battery pack in on top, because the cursed thing would not initiate charging unless it could read the eprom in the battery pack.

    Google and some other authentication providers use to let you generate offline authentication codes. I’m not sure if this is still a thing, but it definitely saved my ass a few times.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I don't have charging pad. I suspect the phone death was manufactured obsolescence. About 24 hours after google sent a message, the phone stopped charging. I think you mean backup codes. I used them.

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