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This is what the iOS contact permission prompt should be

and what the requestees see:

@dale_price You left out the “Delete my name and all my details from John’s contacts.”

Kauzerei

@bigiain @dale_price don't hate the player, hate the game. If both major mobile OS find it OK to allow the apps to access this data, and to have apps in their stores, which don't work without this permission, what poor Johny is supposed to do?
Sure, not in the case of Fleshlight+ProHD, but there are some "legitimate" apps, which don't work without all the permissions.
It baffles me, that I'm supposed to share all of my contacts with WhatSus if I have to message one single weirdo who uses it.

@kauzerei @bigiain @dale_price in those cases you'd just hit "deny" and deal with the nagbox

@kauzerei @bigiain @dale_price You can avoid letting WhatsApp access contacts but UX is awful. To open a chat you need to paste the person's phone number into a WhatsApp chat invite link then open the link and let it open the app.