Permission fatigue is a household issue, not a settings issue

Smart home apps ask for a long list of phone permissions. After a few months, someone in the household starts refusing new prompts. The refusal is rational; the side effects are not obvious until a geofenced arrival scene stops working.

In advisory sessions we do not push people to accept every permission. We sort which permissions the current routines actually need, and which can stay off. A climate schedule that never uses location does not need location. A lock that only works on home Wi-Fi may not need cellular background refresh.

The goal is fewer prompts, clearer yes/no decisions, and fewer mysterious failures that look like broken hardware.