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But at least iPhones are fabulously secure. Security is a major reason I changed to an iPhone from Android (I also think Apple beats Google for privacy). I'm d

But at least iPhones are fabulously secure. Security is a major reason I changed to an iPhone from Android (I also think Apple beats Google for privacy). I'm definitely no fanboi (actually I've disliked Apple as a company after ][). I'm really impressed with some of Apple's security features - especially the custom hardware-backed measures. I'm unsure the financial argument makes much sense. A browser is hard to make secure, and a third party browser would need access to deeper Apple security information than App developers currently get (Apple only allows their JavaScript for scripting at present). I do hope that we get a competitor browser (I remember Microsoft Internet Explorer), but I also hope that Apple manage to do it without fucking up security.

spwa4 1y ago
> But at least iPhones are fabulously secure. That's the argument apple makes. And yet the biggest app store restrictions are about payment to apps (only allowed through apple, with a 30% cut, slightly reduced). Besides, I don't really see a big difference between Android and iPhones. > I'm unsure the financial argument makes much sense. That's the argument apple makes. Despite this being the only growth area in their financial reports, while everything else on their financial report is going down. > I do hope that we get a competitor browser That's the argument apple makes, while preventing competing browsers from coming onto the platform.