I can very well imagine them actually gathering all that data, but this list of permissions is something a lot of apps have nowadays. Even very trivial apps. And 99% of people don’t care.

Of course it’s another matter if you immediately have the kgb in front of your door, compared to just getting your data collected and sold, but still

That’s solved now that PayPal (and others?) start including this functionality into their mobile apps. No card reader required anymore

We can get rid of DST while keeping that extra hour if we default to summer time, not winter. DST statistically causes many accidents twice a year, because our brains aren’t ready / thrown off their rhythm, so making away with it would have a positive impact outside of not being cranky anymore