I love how I pointed out an issue about the StackExchange app using contacts permissions, and they have gone and fixed it. Somebody, pay them more.

oh yeah?

yeah. Izzy was asking about the bizarre permissions system on android M/N and offhandedly mentioned how apps use the contacts permission to get google account access. Once I realized that, I went to the main meta, and addressed it there. And here we are.

@MatthewRead to your message on the first posts queue; I sometimes go through them. all of them :)

also, while I'm here: Anybody good with tasker? android.stackexchange.com/q/158837/116168

@Pandya and lastly: You may have to grab a google play services apk off the internet.