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As a user I am glad Apple is the "loser" in this article and it's the reason I love iOS and hope Apple doesn't change anything in their attitude towards the "fr

As a user I am glad Apple is the "loser" in this article and it's the reason I love iOS and hope Apple doesn't change anything in their attitude towards the "free and open" web. I do not trust the web, at all. Access the camera? Nope. The microphone? Are you kidding me. Notifications, GPS, background processing? Fuck no. I am very happy to have Apple as a quality, security and privacy gatekeeper, because I do not have the time anymore to do that all by myself (and related to that, I'm so happy we've left the Windows era behind and I'm not bothered by friends and family anymore with all the crap and problems on their devices thanks to all the "free and open" stuff they'd download and install). PWA's? Screw that, I hope they never become a first class citizen on Apple's platforms. It's good for Apple's business and their users to keep it that way.

sydd 9y ago
Why would you trust someone on the app store more? Just because they invested $99 to spy on you?
- artimaeis 9y ago
  Their app also passed the review process. Of course, that doesn't stop all bad actors [0]. But it's much more process-based security than the web permits. [0]https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/24/uber-broke-apple-ios-privacy-rules-tim-cook-travis-kalanick https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/24/uber-brok...
SliderUp 9y ago
Sorry, that's security by delusion if you trust apps more.
exodust 8y ago
Can't tell if your post is sarcasm. Your trust of Apple and distrust of the web is irrelevant. Nobody is suggesting automatic permission to these things. There is nothing wrong with asking permission to access your microphone for example. You can always ignore request, or click no thanks. Any website right now can place a link to an exe file in the text and ask users to "please download". It's your choice whether to go ahead and download. It should be the user's choice whether to allow access to camera or anything like that too. Pretty obvious really.

sydd 9y ago

Why would you trust someone on the app store more? Just because they invested $99 to spy on you?

artimaeis 9y ago
Their app also passed the review process. Of course, that doesn't stop all bad actors [0]. But it's much more process-based security than the web permits. [0]https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/24/uber-broke-apple-ios-privacy-rules-tim-cook-travis-kalanick https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/24/uber-brok...

SliderUp 9y ago

Sorry, that's security by delusion if you trust apps more.

exodust 8y ago

Can't tell if your post is sarcasm. Your trust of Apple and distrust of the web is irrelevant. Nobody is suggesting automatic permission to these things. There is nothing wrong with asking permission to access your microphone for example. You can always ignore request, or click no thanks. Any website right now can place a link to an exe file in the text and ask users to "please download". It's your choice whether to go ahead and download. It should be the user's choice whether to allow access to camera or anything like that too. Pretty obvious really.