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Re:Apple declined to implement 16 Web APIs in Safari due to ... by bad_user on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:19PM (#23680533)
On Android you can use web apps in Firefox, with content blocking powered by uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. This is because Android allows real Firefox, engine and all and Firefox implements the web push API.

This gives you unmatched privacy. As I've said elsewhere too, see this Facebook page listing apps that share data with them via FB's SDK and marvel at how privacy friendly your iOS device really is:

https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity

The notion that Apple is not implementing the web push API for example, for privacy reasons, is stupid.

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Re:Apple declined to implement 16 Web APIs in Safari due to ... by danudey on Monday June 29, 2020 @06:07PM (#23683852)
"Your off-Facebook activity is currently turned off."

Seems fine to me?

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Re:Apple declined to implement 16 Web APIs in Safari due to ... by drevil-v2 on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:23PM (#23683273)
The problem with having an Android phone is that then you have to actually use the damn thing.

On a more serious note though, in iOS 14 app developers are responsible for any SDK's their app uses including data egress.

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