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I hope the lack of background sync stays as a #wontfix, because I view it as a feature.
by diebeforei485 5y ago
I hope the lack of background sync stays as a #wontfix, because I view it as a feature.
- smoldesu 5y agoThat shouldn't prevent it from being an opt-in toggle for the people (like me) who rely on it.
- diebeforei485 5y agoDisagree. Things that start as "optional opt-in toggles" can eventually become quasi-mandatory, for example if you're a student, employee, or citizen, and your school, workplace, or government creates an app that needs this. In 2020, lots of universities required students to install fairly invasive stuff on their computers for remote learning, but -- thanks in large part to Apple's policies -- their phones remained pretty much untouched.
- smoldesu 5y agoHow do you make an app that enforces notifications? Unless such an app is running in ring 0, it has to follow the same rules as everyone else. In any case, notifications are entirely handled by the operating system, so the onus would fall on Apple to prevent this fairly simple exploit from happening (hell, Android managed to do it right). Furthermore, Proctorio and plenty of other invasive testing software has no trouble running on a Mac. Your last sentance is about as coherent as thanking Google for stopping McGraw-Hill from spying on Android users.
- dwaite 5y agoSimilar to how javascript is a toggle, or how accepting third/first party cookies are toggles? Because the web is mostly useless if any of those are turned off now - even easy cases like static forms commonly break with javascript off rather than degrading to just server-side validation.
- heavyset_go 5y agoFirefox has been blocking third party cookies for quite some time now without problems. It's also quite literally a toggle.