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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by AlphaWeaver on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:26PM (#20206970)
This is because this would have been the only method to "block" access to the apps. Apple provides no API for other apps to "moderate" the opening of other apps, like Screen Time can do. This is a workaround because they were working in the sandboxed environment that is iOS.
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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by stefan_ on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:36PM (#20207081)
I have an app on Android for ad blocking that simply runs the VPN server locally. Works perfectly fine. Of course that means all the juicy data isn't flowing through your startup, on the upside you won't wake up one day with an angry mob asking the attorney general to federally charge you for hijacking their communication under the false pretense of app usage tracking.
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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by AlphaWeaver on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:44PM (#20207168)
Oh definitely, I 100% agree. I'm not an expert enough on whether that's possible on iOS but I'm no supporter of them using the VPN argument as an excuse to siphon and sell the user data.
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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by scarface74 on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:55PM (#20207273)
Yes. You can run a VPN locally and just configure it in settings.
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Re:We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Ap... by em-bee on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:55PM (#20209649)
and you won't have a large network traffic bill, making your app more profitable.
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