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One can tell apple that any application that shows web pages essentially remotely executing code on their device.
by pvtmert 6y ago
One can tell apple that any application that shows web pages essentially remotely executing code on their device.
- akmarinov 6y agoAnd they’ll reply we don’t discuss other applications. If they want you gone - you’re gone.
- callamdelaney 6y agoThis was exactly my thought; web browsers are doing the same thing.
- threeseed 6y agoApple requires all web browsers to use the WebKit engine. So nothing on iOS devices is executed in an environment they don't control.
- kjaftaedi 6y agoGenuinely curious. How does this improve security?
- hda2 6y agoIt doesn't. It only improves Apple's control.
- judge2020 6y agoApple's insistence is probably because they don't want to let other developers [even Google] near JIT, which is the only way to make a super performant browser (although a sandboxed browser's speed would probably be acceptable on modern hardware).