That wasn't my intent to make you feel worse, I was just pointing out it isn't something you can easily avoid.
If you were really concerned about privacy, you'd switch to exclusively linux, but that is unrealistic for most people especially game developers so I'm not expecting you to do that.
My point is if you want to be worried about privacy I'd worry more about what big companies like Apple are up to, not small companies with no power over technology like YoYoGames. The best thing to do is to not worry about privacy and use your devices anyway because every mac app you open calls home to apple and notifies them of everything you do, where you do it, and when.
Well, I do use Linux, but I also use Windows and Mac. I also have an iPhone and an Android phone... it kind of comes with the territory of being a developer. I hear what you're saying about Apple being just as bad as the rest, and you're absolutely right. But we're all responsible for privacy - big and small. If YoYo is having a hard time with a privacy feature, then the way I see it, they have two options: make it publicly known to their user-base, explaining what they have to do and why they have to do it; or secretly hide it away and hope no one minds. Personally, it's the lack of transparency that bothers me about this sudden permission popup. It's not like it's some permission to toggle on the user's backlit keyboard or dim their screen, it's gaining access to everything written onto the computer. Now, granted, I have absolutely no idea what it's really providing, whether it's just a few key-presses for select apps, or if it's everything up to my bank passwords and email trails. But that's exactly the problem: it's completely opaque.
Forgive me if I find that invasive. The purpose of this thread wasn't to complain - I just want to know
why they might need this permission. Surely it's for something pretty important, right? They wouldn't just throw in a key-logger if it wasn't... right?