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> Well, actually, they want you to be able to set a photo as the cover of a playlist, and there is no difference between "Allow user to upload 1 photo" and "Have access to all of users photo" in terms of mobile permissions.

I think Notch's response is quite accurate: “But I do understand how easy it is to make up small features to require access to the entire phone so you can sell your customers.”

Two things can be true at the same time. Just because the public, published reason is innocuous doesn't mean there's not some MBA just waiting to get his hands on that data.



From my experience, when a company has the permission marketing always thinks about new ways to use it.


Not to mention what happens to that data in the event of a takeover - a la Instagram or WhatsApp...




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