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> that API requires entitlements to be used Lately I've witnessed a number of apps asking for Local Network permission ("Foo would like to find and connect to
by lloeki 3y ago
> that API requires entitlements to be used
Lately I've witnessed a number of apps asking for Local Network permission ("Foo would like to find and connect to devices on your local network") when they have no business doing so in any possible way that I can think of.
- sroussey 3y agoMany do this if they play video, mostly to enable chrome cast.
- dwaite 3y agoChrome Cast. There is no OS-level service for it to introspect the network looking for screens to cast to, so each app has to drop in a SDK - which then has to have permission to search the local network looking for screens. This was improved in recent iOS, but I never count on Google updating their SDKs to take advantage of iOS features on any sort of schedule. Even when they do, it will require third party apps to individually update as well.