Permission prompts are impossible to answer, structurally.

· Bits and Bobs 7/27/26
  • Permission prompts are impossible to answer, structurally.
    • It seems like a technical decision: "Do you trust this entity with X technical ability."
    • In many cases, users don't have a good mental model of what precisely that entails.
    • But even if they did, the "Do you trust this entity" is doing an absurd amount of work.
    • Maybe you trust them now but not if they get bought by private equity in five years.
    • Permission dialogs require you to make an open-ended trust decision in an entity.

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