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Is there any theoretical limit to stupidity? (Android permission auto-revoke)
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emece67:
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Siwastaja:
* Alarm clock requiring reconfiguration every three days, otherwise it silently fails to alarm
* Cannot call the emergency number if not logged in to Microsoft Teams
    * Fix is not to upgrade the OS core to remove this dependency which shouldn't exist in the first place, but to apply a bugfix in Microsoft Teams

There are reasons why I don't own a modern "phone". Not only it demonstrably ruins lives, it is actually dangerous. Mine is from 2005 and keeps working. If they force people into modern phones, then I guess I can be reached using email, snail mail, physical visit, or maybe Skype, unless Microsoft decides to completely break it, too.

This being said, my alarm clock in the 2005 phone has a bug, too. It has failed to alarm me once or twice due to that. But at least it is not intentional, but a honest bug.
SL4P:
As we all know, like Y2K and the linux time rollover, stupidity has continued its inexorable spread in modern civilisations.
Take the US election in 2016 as an example.
Nobody in their right mind would have believed that might happen, but with the benefit of reality TV and shrinking education - it became possible.

A few years ago, I coined the term ‘American Devolution’, which, like the pandemic has unfortunately spread to almost every other country,

The other bogey in the room is ‘objective’ administration and management displacing ‘subjective’ development and collaboration.
Fix the PERCEPTION of a problem, don’t bother fixing THE problem, that’s too expensive.
Halcyon:
I miss the days where you could turn off your Nokia phone completely but the alarm would still go off when set.

To the OP, I don't think you're problem is Android per se, rather the buggy, bloated, bastardised junk that some manufacturers pass off as an Android experience. Xiamoi's MIUI software is one of them. It's complete shit. Oppo's ColorOS isn't much better. These two (and others) might be based off Android, but are so far disconnected from how actual proper native Android operates.
ejeffrey:
I've definitely never had this with android.  Permissions are removed after a period of inactivity, but they automatically ask for permissions next time they are needed.  The only time it is needed to disable this behavior is for background applications.
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