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Here is Apple making it harder for the web to compete with closed wall gardens. Web apps could require the same permissions for accessing hardware as mobile ap

Here is Apple making it harder for the web to compete with closed wall gardens. Web apps could require the same permissions for accessing hardware as mobile apps do. On Firefox, when a website wants access my webcam, it asks me, for example...

selectodude 6y ago
On Safari, when a website wants access to my webcam, it asks me.
- coronadisaster 6y ago
  ok, so they just want to take the choice out of the user's hands
- jonny_eh 6y ago
  Cool, so Apple "can" add features to Safari. They should add more.
  - sixstringtheory 6y ago
    That's one opinion. Another opinion is that they don't have to implement "standards" that other companies come up with just so they can further infiltrate the systems in place on their platform. Who says Apple shouldn't just make Safari a hypertext-only browser and let the consumers vote with their wallets and their feet? Honestly I'd prefer that.
    - jonny_eh 6y ago
      > Who says Apple shouldn't just make Safari a hypertext-only browser and let the consumers vote with their wallets and their feet? Me! I'm a consumer with a wallet and feet. And I would like Safari to have more features.