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> I know someone in adtech and I'm pretty sure Apple allows a similar app manifest that allows you to check for specific apps. I could be wrong. On iOS an app

> I know someone in adtech and I'm pretty sure Apple allows a similar app manifest that allows you to check for specific apps. I could be wrong. On iOS an app developer will need to register in advance which external applications their app intends to query, and the list needs to be very short and motivated. [1] Incidentally, “I have a friend who says...” isn’t really a good citation anywhere outside Reddit - which HN resembles more and more each day. [1] https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/system/how-to-check-whether-your-other-apps-are-installed https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/system/how-to-...

ctippett 2y ago
Thanks for the information. I suppose a more appropriate term of phrase would've been "I'd heard anecdotally...", but I agree I was lazy with my original reply. I appreciate the feedback.
- collingreen 2y ago
  You're nice. I don't appreciate the extremely tired "hn looks more and more like Reddit every day" slop and I think you handled it with grace.
  - reaperman 2y ago
    Comparing HN to resdit is explicitly against HN guidelines. Though sometimes I think the only reason it’s never “true” is because Reddit is a moving target. Both HN and reddit get worse over time, so HN never catches up to how bad Reddit is. Also the bots have not invaded HN, which is a truly massive distinction.
    - phatskat 2y ago
      > Both HN and reddit get worse over time I think this is probably true of any online community. I’d wager that an online community needs more users to grow and be sustainable, and more users inevitably means more content, and more content means less _high-quality_ content overall.
- refulgentis 2y ago
  You're too kind, their reply was extremely rude to you. I have been here 16 years, been an iOS developer just as long, and have no idea why your comment is "Reddit." A simple thought exercise for me is "Which of these two comments is more Reddit?" - I'd say the one that came with curiosity is HN, the one that bats around half truths combatively and invoking Reddit isn't.
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refulgentis 2y ago
I don't think it is worth being dismissive. I snorted when I got to the self-important haughtiness about reddit. Why? - You immediately recognized what they meant. - They weren't advancing a claim, they were indicating a basis for their interrogative, likely to avoid seeming naive when claiming it out of nowhere. - The article we're commenting on describes the same mechanism you claim differentiates iOS. ("register in advance...which applications...intends to query, and the list needs to be very short and motivated.") - I've worked heavily on iOS and Android since 2009. As close to a graybeard as you can get in mobile. I'm searching, reaching, grasping for any sign you've done anything other than Google and link the first article you saw, and I can't find _any_. At all. But I don't think that's wrong. You're trying. Why is it wrong for the person you asked to try too? - There's strong signs you didn't read the article we're commenting on. - If you had, it is unlikely you would have said iOS was differentiated, then laid out the exact same mechanism described in the article. - There's strong signs you didn't read the article you linked. - On iOS you can register URL schemes in a plist, these aren't "external applications you intend to query" and the list does not have to be "very short and motivated" I get cranky too, but, I am grateful I recognize it is very reddit to cry Reddit and edit it out, or delete.
- phony-account 2y ago
  > There's strong signs you didn't read the article you linked. What could possibly indicate I didn’t read the article? Of course I read it. Isn’t your assumption of my bad faith also explicitly against HN’s guidelines? > On iOS you can register URL schemes in a plist, these aren't "external applications you intend to query" and the list does not have to be "very short and motivated" I’m also an iOS developer- and yes it does.
  - cosmic_cheese 2y ago
    Yeah Apple used to be more loose with registered URL schemes, but tightened up a few years ago ands so now if you submit with a huge list of schemes the app has no good reason to use you’re going to get bounced.
  - refulgentis 2y ago
swat535 2y ago
Is that also the case for alt-store apps available in EU ?
robin_reala 2y ago
Could you take a moment of your time to read the last point in the HN Commenting Guidelines? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ctippett 2y ago

Thanks for the information. I suppose a more appropriate term of phrase would've been "I'd heard anecdotally...", but I agree I was lazy with my original reply. I appreciate the feedback.

collingreen 2y ago
You're nice. I don't appreciate the extremely tired "hn looks more and more like Reddit every day" slop and I think you handled it with grace.
- reaperman 2y ago
  Comparing HN to resdit is explicitly against HN guidelines. Though sometimes I think the only reason it’s never “true” is because Reddit is a moving target. Both HN and reddit get worse over time, so HN never catches up to how bad Reddit is. Also the bots have not invaded HN, which is a truly massive distinction.
  - phatskat 2y ago
    > Both HN and reddit get worse over time I think this is probably true of any online community. I’d wager that an online community needs more users to grow and be sustainable, and more users inevitably means more content, and more content means less _high-quality_ content overall.
refulgentis 2y ago
You're too kind, their reply was extremely rude to you. I have been here 16 years, been an iOS developer just as long, and have no idea why your comment is "Reddit." A simple thought exercise for me is "Which of these two comments is more Reddit?" - I'd say the one that came with curiosity is HN, the one that bats around half truths combatively and invoking Reddit isn't.
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refulgentis 2y ago

I don't think it is worth being dismissive. I snorted when I got to the self-important haughtiness about reddit. Why? - You immediately recognized what they meant. - They weren't advancing a claim, they were indicating a basis for their interrogative, likely to avoid seeming naive when claiming it out of nowhere. - The article we're commenting on describes the same mechanism you claim differentiates iOS. ("register in advance...which applications...intends to query, and the list needs to be very short and motivated.") - I've worked heavily on iOS and Android since 2009. As close to a graybeard as you can get in mobile. I'm searching, reaching, grasping for any sign you've done anything other than Google and link the first article you saw, and I can't find _any_. At all. But I don't think that's wrong. You're trying. Why is it wrong for the person you asked to try too? - There's strong signs you didn't read the article we're commenting on. - If you had, it is unlikely you would have said iOS was differentiated, then laid out the exact same mechanism described in the article. - There's strong signs you didn't read the article you linked. - On iOS you can register URL schemes in a plist, these aren't "external applications you intend to query" and the list does not have to be "very short and motivated" I get cranky too, but, I am grateful I recognize it is very reddit to cry Reddit and edit it out, or delete.

phony-account 2y ago
> There's strong signs you didn't read the article you linked. What could possibly indicate I didn’t read the article? Of course I read it. Isn’t your assumption of my bad faith also explicitly against HN’s guidelines? > On iOS you can register URL schemes in a plist, these aren't "external applications you intend to query" and the list does not have to be "very short and motivated" I’m also an iOS developer- and yes it does.
- cosmic_cheese 2y ago
  Yeah Apple used to be more loose with registered URL schemes, but tightened up a few years ago ands so now if you submit with a huge list of schemes the app has no good reason to use you’re going to get bounced.
- refulgentis 2y ago

swat535 2y ago

Is that also the case for alt-store apps available in EU ?

robin_reala 2y ago

Could you take a moment of your time to read the last point in the HN Commenting Guidelines? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html