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by st3fan 7y ago
This is nonsense. There are plenty frameworks, like the one discussed in this post. The lack of any kind of language feature has never stopped people from writing solid libraries, frameworks and applications in Go. Lots of examples out ther
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by st3fan 7y ago
I think that is better explained as "the Go _community_ is very anti-framework and pro-library" There is nothing about the language, which is general purpose, that makes it anti-anything really.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Yes. And that is what they are - conspiracy theories.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Many components of Firefox are.
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by st3fan 7y ago
I think this would be more interesting if it was found out that the location data also went to a remote server.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Does this work in Canada? I like coffee.
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by st3fan 7y ago
No the IDFA is for native apps only and does not exist on the web. It is not exposed to websites.
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by st3fan 7y ago
I don’t think it actually can because WebKit on macOS has been replaced by WKWebView which has a severely limited API surface that without doubt is way too shallow for Electron.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Yes of course. But you cannot replace the networking that WKWebView uses.
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by st3fan 7y ago
You can read the details here: https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/dramatically-red... The required bits for that work are not actually documented.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Yeah sure technically correct. But both ship with macOS and both are built by the same trillion dollar company who owns the whole ecosystem.
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by st3fan 7y ago
I thought all you needed for the macOS app notarizing was a free AppleID and free developer account?
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by st3fan 7y ago
This is about macOS not iOS. Electron and Chromium on iOS is not a thing.
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by st3fan 7y ago
They are now because they both use those APIs. You can read about the impact of this specific one here: https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/dramatically-red... Before using those private APIs, with no
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by st3fan 7y ago
Besides technical limitations: the iOS App Store rules are clear: it is simply not permitted.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Let’s be clear: they are important APIs that would allow non-Safari (WKWebView based really) browsers be competitive on macOS.
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by st3fan 7y ago
This whole storm about macOS. Which is an extremely open platform. You can develop apps with amazing tools by Apple or you can do C, C++, Ruby, Java, Electron you name it. You don’t even have to pay anyone money to build an app and share it
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by st3fan 7y ago
This has never been a good argument if you look at what happens inside an ecosystem owned by a trillion dollar business.
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by st3fan 7y ago
I think every single platform is struggling with this. Even Electron or Chromium itself. They all have internal or private APIs or things that are not ready for prime time or just plain internal details. Opening up private APIs is a commitm
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by st3fan 7y ago
No you can’t actually customize the networking anymore. On iOS Apple controls the whole web stack. Content, networking, JavaScript.
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by st3fan 7y ago
The right thing to do for the IOSurface or CALayer API is to file a radar and start a discussion with Apple to make it official. They do listen and this has happened plenty before. Rage tweets or Medium postings probably won’t help much tho
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by st3fan 7y ago
This whole thing is about macOS not iOS.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Is that correct? Is there a Mac App Store rule that says “thou shall use WebKit” ? Do note that the point on macOS is kind of moot because it IS an open platform. Unlike iOS you do not have to use the App Store.
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by st3fan 7y ago
No app is being booted. New updates are being rejected because of private API usage. If Electron fixes their usage of private APIs then this whole storm blows over. Now if Apple introduces a rule that specifically says “non-AppKit apps are
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by st3fan 7y ago
Uhhh Apple is not banning electron. It is banning the use of private APIs. The only reason Electron is in the news is because it uses some of those APIs. Now you could argue that private APIs are a stupid idea. But turning this into a consp
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by st3fan 7y ago
I just use http://captive.apple.com
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by st3fan 7y ago
Please do not use this. Looks pretty but is unusable for code examples. The web has everything you need for pretty formatted text.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Yes whenever Mozilla announces something exciting that could get some positive feedback, be sure to use the opportunity to complain about something unrelated.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Yes you can.
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by st3fan 7y ago
Maybe if you are a Pro Bash user ... personally I would not notice any difference.

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