reading over @Edent's recent post¹ about the conflict between giving users control over their own devices vs locking down phones to a blessed app-store, a piece of me wants to make app-permission-granting exceptionally onerous.
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Allow this application:
⎺̲) to edit SMS or MMS messages
⎺̲) to read SMS or MMS messages
⎺̲) to receive SMS messages
(⎺̲ to know your coarse (network-based) location
⎺̲) to know your fine (GPS-based) location
to create Bluetooth connections
⎺̲) full internet access
⎺̲) to modify/delete SD card contents
⎺̲) to make phone calls
⎺̲) to answer phone calls
[Okay] [Cancel]
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Would it suck to install an application that requires permission overreach because you'd have to manually grant every requested permission? You betcha. Would it make devs have to think about how much pain they want to inflict on possible users? One would hope.

But frankly, I'd love to have this level of permission-granularity at install time. You're a freakin' barcode management application for my library cards. You don't need to access my files or to make internet connections or overlay on other running applications. You just need to show the barcode on the screen, adjust screen-brightness, and possibly use the camera to scan existing barcodes. (not that I have particularly bitter experiences with barcode apps in particular)

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¹ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/is-it-possible-to-allow-sideloading-and-keep-users-safe/