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Re:Show HN: Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos ... by jakobdabo on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:44AM (#22066198)
> But as with all apps I’m particularly sensitive to giving bulk access to my photos (and other data).

I don't understand why iOS doesn't allow blocking internet access for apps. You can only disallow mobile data access, but not WiFi access.

The frustrating part is that in China they have the functionality [0], so it's there, but we are not allowed to use it for our privacy.

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/69k1j8/the_chinese_i...

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Re:Show HN: Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos ... by cmcd on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:42PM (#22068101)
Advertising on iOS relies on internet access so toggling it off would mean no ads.
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Re:Show HN: Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos ... by freepor on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:56PM (#22068237)
It doesn’t need to. The OS could download ads and show them in—app and report back impressions through the OS. And, Apple doesn’t make much money from iOS ads.
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Re:Show HN: Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos ... by machello13 on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:29AM (#22075409)
Apple doesn't have any ad frameworks that are open to third-party developers, so they would have to build one to support this. And that didn't work out so well last time they tried.
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Re:Show HN: Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos ... by junipertea on Friday January 17, 2020 @09:59AM (#22075111)
But developers do and they make free apps on the app store
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