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  Application YourTypicalMobileApplication is asking for access to the Internet
  to display advertisements powered by Google AdMob.

                                                             [ D̶E̶N̶Y̶ ] [ ALLOW ]

  (Do you think we would give you the option to easily cut our income?)


Then please, oh please separate it out. Internet and Advertising. Shouldn't be hard.


> Shouldn't be hard.

How can the OS tell if an HTTP request is for the Internet or for Ads? It can't.

Though Google could special-case AdMob effectively owning the ad scenario for apps which don't use the internet for anything else.


That's what I meant. It covers a good ~95% of all ads. Have any extras register for security exemption. Makes sense to me - in the context of not screwing the user over constantly.




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