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> They just don't want you downloading new functionality into the app without them getting to test it and approve it. This sounds a little foggy to me. Why exa
by vibrunazo 14y ago
> They just don't want you downloading new functionality into the app without them getting to test it and approve it.
This sounds a little foggy to me. Why exactly wouldn't they want that? What exact kind of harmful functionality would they not be able to predict a third party JavaScript engine be able to cause, that webkit cannot?
I'm not convinced that this isn't just another excuse to stop competition. Similar to the whole, amazon cannot sell ebooks "for the good of our users" rule.
- fpgeek 14y agoI'm sure that stopping competition isn't a drawback from Apple's perspective, but the official reason is that they don't want developers doing an end run around their app store to get code on the device.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoI think it's because they want everything to get approved. Otherwise you'll have "Web app stores" that sneak in Porn apps or something after Apple's passed them.