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> For Android app permissions are asked once during install and you take it or leave it

I hasn't been like this for at least 5 years (maybe more), your knowledge is out of date.

Android permissions are asked whenever needed, granular and regularly expire automatically.

The same is true on Android today. You are asked for permissions the first time the app needs them, not at installation time. And various things require various permissions, you don't get asked in bulk.

Android also reaps permissions that haven't been used recently. In the case of location, Android prompts for renewal even if it has been used recently.

Are you comparing the permission system iOS has today with the one Android had a decade ago?

> For Android app permissions are asked once during install and you take it or leave it.

This is not correct. In fact the permissions paradigm for both systems is basically identical.