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I did read the article. I still don't get it. The way I read the parent post's law snippet, prohibiting Firefox or Chrome from shipping a browser based on their
by aftbit 3y ago
I did read the article. I still don't get it. The way I read the parent post's law snippet, prohibiting Firefox or Chrome from shipping a browser based on their own rendering engine (as opposed to the Safari skins that they currently ship on iOS) would be a violation.
If they're going to allow that, what is the downside of allowing the device to create a PWA? The browser will have that same access and could (theoretically) leak that to any website that visits. If they're not going to allow alternative browsers, then how is that not a violation in itself?
I really don't appreciate the "security" argument here. Apps are sandboxed. PWAs could be sandboxed too. Yeah, it would take some work to implement, but probably not as much as they're already going to have to do to support alternative app stores and sideloading. Just really comes off as petty and anti-consumer.
But then I'm not their target market anyway. I believe that my security is up to me, not my phone vendor. If I want to run a 3rd party unsigned app from a source that I've chosen to trust, then I ought to be able to do so on my hardware. Apple believes its their hardware, not mine.