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Re:Ways to reduce the costs of an HTTP(S) API on AWS by maxkuzmins on Friday December 13, 2019 @11:01AM (#21782706)
These guys receive requests from mobile devices. Afaik sending unencrypted HTTP requests is not allowed on some platforms (e.g. iOS).
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Re:Ways to reduce the costs of an HTTP(S) API on AWS by throw03172019 on Friday December 13, 2019 @11:43AM (#21783105)
You can disable transport security for a certain domain using the plist key NSAppTransportSecurity. But you rarely should do this :)

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Genera...

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Re:Ways to reduce the costs of an HTTP(S) API on AWS by bureaucrat on Friday December 13, 2019 @11:12AM (#21782820)
First, they can offer both http and https endpoints. Second, you can send HTTP request if you set NSAllowsArbitraryLoads=true.
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