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Ben Sandofsky
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Cofounder of Halide.
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The latest Halide update was rejected because, after seven years, a random reviewer decided our permission prompt wasn't descriptive enough. I don't know how to explain why a camera app needs camera permissions, so I submitted an update with our prompts in iambic pentameter. It was accepted.

A camera permission prompt: "The camera will be used to take photographs."
A camera permission prompt:

To access what the lens alone can see,
A camera app must ask for leave from thee.
It seeks permission, clear and full to claim,
To capture light and frame the world by name.
Without this grant, it cannot work its art,
For privacy and safety play a part.
To safeguard all that's seen within its gaze,
The law requires consent in rightful ways.
Thus, with permission, pictures can unfold,
But first your trust is sought before control.
A photo library permission prompt:

To store and view the memories you make,
The app must gain the path it needs to take.
It seeks the key to where your photos lie,
So images can join them, stored nearby.
Without this right, it cannot save or share,
Nor let you find past moments resting there.
Your photo library, both old and new,
Awaits the app, if you give access through.
Thus, granting this permission is the way,
To let the app your captured scenes display.
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Ben Sandofsky
@sandofsky.com
Cofounder of Halide.
1.1k followers65 following84 posts