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> Apple could create their own Apple Internet List, and demand through App Store policies that all browsers implement it or else. They do by requiring that all
by gene91 6y ago
> Apple could create their own Apple Internet List, and demand through App Store policies that all browsers implement it or else.
They do by requiring that all apps (including Chrome) to use the Safari WebKit engine provided by the OS.
They actually justifies it by pointing to parental control and safe browsing.
- mimsee 6y agoNow wait until they touch macOS with this policy. "So that our customers could be safer than ever."
- orangecat 6y agoExactly. If you believe Apple's public statements, there's no reason they shouldn't have these restrictions on macOS, and in fact they're endangering users by not doing so.
- sbarre 6y agoJokes aside, this is why I'm happy to see Microsoft investing in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). As a developer I'm glad to see solid options to MacOS emerging for running both modern web dev tools and mainstream commercial software.
- Spivak 6y agoI mean parental control wouldn't really be useful if you could just open, say FB messenger and "use" their built-in browser to bypass parental controls.
- ponker 6y agoNonsense, parental control can (and often does) block the installation of new apps. I don't need to be using Webkit just because I don't want my kid to install a 2nd browser.
- Spivak 6y agoDoesn’t matter if you block the installation of other browsers when you want to let your kid use Pinterest, Messenger, or the zillion other apps that have embedded browsers.