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Given that it’s opt in (likely by adding the website to your Home Screen I imagine if the Safari storage expiration is any indication) - how’s this any differen
by endisneigh 4y ago
Given that it’s opt in (likely by adding the website to your Home Screen I imagine if the Safari storage expiration is any indication) - how’s this any different than apps spamming you?
- hbn 4y agoIs it going to require you to add the site to your home screen, or is it gonna be like Chrome where you just get an "allow/block" button while browsing around, which all casual users will hit "allow" on because they're trying to get to the content? A website spamming you is very different from an app spamming you. Going to the app store and installing an app takes much more buy-in from a user than just clicking a link. If someone shares a news article from a random site I've never seen before, I might be willing to click it. If that same person told me to install an app to read an article, it's not happening in the first place. I've got a very short list of curated apps I installed on my device. The web is mostly garbage though and most of it shouldn't be sending notifications.
- endisneigh 4y agoGiven that notifications are not alerts and generally notifications are useful in the context of not being on the page, I’m confident it will require the site to be manually added to the Home Screen. I’d be surprised if it works any other way since safari currently freezes all safari pages other than the active one. Even if that’s not the case though, still dont see how it’s different than app notifications.
- gjulianm 4y agoApple has far more control over apps notification spam, as they review the apps. They do not review web pages.