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It's still not like the iPhone sandboxing, it's a bandaid. Many of them genuinely need wide access to function, so just asking for permission doesn't really sol
by traderj0e 6mo ago
It's still not like the iPhone sandboxing, it's a bandaid. Many of them genuinely need wide access to function, so just asking for permission doesn't really solve the problem. Like when you open a file in the picker, that's actually granting RW access to the entire dir permanently. On top of fixing the technical side, they need it to feel safe to the user, which right now it doesn't.
Separately, idk if anyone is only installing from the Mac App Store. You can't even get Chrome that way. It's also just bad, like it bothers you about login, then apps get stuck in half-downloaded state.
But yeah if anyone can pull this off, it'd be Apple, seeing how frequently they'll break apps by requiring new APIs.
- kccqzy 6mo agoWell on iOS if you grant an app Files & Folders permission it also has permanent RW access to all your files visible in the Files app. I could use for example Möbius Sync (Syncthing) to sync all my documents from my desktop, then use PDF Viewer to annotate a PDF that was stored in the Möbius sync app. Users want this behavior which is why Apple finally relented and added the Files app and associated APIs. Why wouldn’t users feel safe?
- traderj0e 6mo agoIt's a niche feature that most apps don't need to function. If apps relied on that harder and people were constantly managing important files in there like on a desktop, they probably wouldn't feel safe with the permissions. I had to look to see what's even in my phone's Files app... looks like WhatsApp saved its received photos in there and I accidentally downloaded a couple of files in Safari. Except I didn't give WhatsApp permission, so idk what the rules are with that.