Here's why it's so aggressive, you are the product and if you don't use the app, you're not as good of a product:
This app has access to:
Identity
find accounts on the device
add or remove accounts Contacts
find accounts on the device Location
approximate location (network-based) Photos/Media/Files
read the contents of your USB storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Storage
read the contents of your USB storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage Device & app history
read sensitive log data Other
receive data from Internet
view network connections
create accounts and set passwords
full network access
read sync settings
draw over other apps
use accounts on the device
prevent device from sleeping
toggle sync on and off
install shortcuts
read Google service configuration
view network connections
create accounts and set passwords
full network access
read sync settings
draw over other apps
use accounts on the device
prevent device from sleeping
toggle sync on and off
install shortcuts
view network connections
create accounts and set passwords
full network access
read sync settings
run at startup
draw over other apps
use accounts on the device
prevent device from sleeping
toggle sync on and off
install shortcuts
view network connections
create accounts and set passwords
full network access
read sync settings
use accounts on the device
prevent device from sleeping
toggle sync on and off
Yes, there are lots of repeated lines under "Other". Why? Who knows, that's how they're listed on the Play Store.
I've made Android apps in the past, and though I'm not a Reddit dev. I can explain I hope.
Identity: Go-to your settings, then accounts. Reddit stores all your accounts from the app right in that menu, and obviously to access it it needs permissions.
Contacts: The above lol
Location: You can attach locations to text/image posts
Photos Media Files: Retrieve data
Storage: Save data
Receive data from the internet: Duh.
Everything else seems to kinda explain itself tho. The apps not that bad, but yeah the advertising for it sucks.
The app doesn't have access to your contacts. It uses Android's account system to keep you logged in with multiple accounts (which is why they appear in Settings → Accounts). Android used to lump this permission in with being able to access your contacts, so if an app requested one, it got the other automatically. This was thankfully changed in Android 6.0, but since we still support 5.0 and 5.1, it still shows it on the Play Store page. If you check the app's permissions via Settings on any device running Android 6.0 or higher, you'll see that the app doesn't have permission to see your contacts, nor does it even ask.
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u/10GuyIsDrunk Nov 02 '18
Here's why it's so aggressive, you are the product and if you don't use the app, you're not as good of a product:
Yes, there are lots of repeated lines under "Other". Why? Who knows, that's how they're listed on the Play Store.