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nuker
4y ago
> So nobody downloads the app? Some apps are unavoidable for most people, like whatsapp or facebook.
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nuker
4y ago
Not really. Let's say Facebook asked for location permission and the user says No. Today the app will be forced to work without it. By Apple Store rules. Tomorrow the app will say "this permission is required for app to work"
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nuker
4y ago
> that make it so the only way any application on the system can access the identifier is by permission from the user? And let's say the user says No. Today the app will be forced to work without it. By Apple Store rules. Tomorrow t
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nuker
4y ago
They lost and keep losing serious money.
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nuker
4y ago
It will be AdTech giants instead, Google, Facebook, Adobe that will go that way. To avoid Apple store privacy rules for apps.
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nuker
4y ago
Check recent story about IDFA on iOS and Facebook gone mad about it. No such story with Android.
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nuker
4y ago
Not strange, Google is an Advertising company, unlike Apple. Facebook likes Google.
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nuker
4y ago
Your point 4 is what is going to happen.
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nuker
4y ago
> But while Meta fought against Apple’s changes, it voiced support for the way Google plans to implement its privacy > “[It is] encouraging to see this long-term, collaborative approach to privacy-protective personalized advertising f
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nuker
4y ago
Did Google removed IDFA yet? No. So FB is OK with Android so far.
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nuker
4y ago
> when the vast overwhelming majority of existing apps will remain on the official App Store. Oh my sweet summer child! Lol
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4y ago
> They can stay in Apple ecosystem Nope, Adobe will make sure all its apps require Adobe App Store. Same for Facebook with Whatsapp. No more stupid Apple store restrictions, yay!!
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nuker
4y ago
> Install any software Scams proliferate, praying on elderly and young. Widespread tracking of your location, browsing history. Same with other points, narrow, selfish thinking.
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nuker
4y ago
> give business users access to their marketing or advertising performance data on the platform Is it what Facebook was crying about when iOS hardened its privacy?
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nuker
4y ago
And then it gets into Facebook and Twitter accidentally shared by your guests
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nuker
4y ago
> And even if you're a die hard fan of closed computing, nothing bad will happen. Just a concerned user. Wrong. All websites will work in Chrome only, with whatever features Chrome has added. One Browser for all. All apps that feed
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nuker
4y ago
It is simply because Mozilla blindly follows Google in how thing should work in the engine.
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nuker
4y ago
I hope they’ll fight it off. I don’t want to lose all privacy and security I have now on iOS.
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nuker
4y ago
> Share data and metrics with developers and competitors, I will quit Apple. Wait … Google is worse … :(
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nuker
4y ago
Alex Russel, it was bery hard to read post. Try make more sense with less words next time.
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nuker
4y ago
Do you want Google web browsers monopoly? Yes, they know that too.
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nuker
4y ago
> As much as it pains me to say it, safari's stagnance and anticompetitiveness is the last bastion of resistance against a Google monopoly of web browsers true
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nuker
4y ago
> I've experienced layout bugs, form bugs, core js language issues, background issues Was that codebase optimised for Chrome? Maybe these bugs are only bugs because the code works only in Chrome? Did you check the browser implementa
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nuker
4y ago
But with 100% chrome users and zero Webkit users there will be zero investment and no bug reports very soon. I don't like having Google browser as my only choice, that will be death to any privacy and that was my point.
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nuker
4y ago
whats wrong with it
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nuker
4y ago
Have you read my comment? You’ll have 100% Chrome very soon if all engines were allowed.
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nuker
4y ago
> Apple told all of us the Webkit restrictions are for our protection. that is actually true
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nuker
4y ago
> Mandatory use of WebKit limits competition Exactly opposite! Right now we have 2 mobile browsers/engines. Without this we will have “Please use Chrome” on every website and soon there will be only one left. Google won. The reason
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nuker
4y ago
Author please put domains.db file on torrent.
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nuker
4y ago
You won’t regret it, you’ll get MacOS too.
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