Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in-app purchase

Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by systemvoltage on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:59PM (#24449728)

I agree with you if that escape hatch requires explicit permission, warnings and a bunch of precautions.

Hot links, such as reddit.com launching App Store to download their app should not be allowed because some uninformed user might just download bogus apps from 3rd party stores.

Again, I support the idea of an escape hatch, but I feel like that applies to an imposssibly small slice of the total iPhone userbase. People like you and me. I feel like I should write it out: 0.00000001% people.

Do you think executives at Apple look at this feature request and spin the entire ship around so that you and I can hack a phone?

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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by Cyphase on Saturday September 12, 2020 @01:02AM (#24449977)

Sorry if this is nitpicky, but since you made a point of saying you were going to write it out..

The world population is ~7.8 billion. 0.00000001% of that is 0.78. If you drop the percentage, it's still only 78 people. And that's assuming every person in the world is an iPhone user.

I think the slice is obviously bigger than that.

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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by Wowfunhappy on Saturday September 12, 2020 @08:33AM (#24451944)

> Do you think executives at Apple look at this feature request and spin the entire ship around so that you and I can hack a phone?

Yes, because of what happened with HKMap.live. This is incredibly important for free expression.

It’s only used by a tiny number of people until one day when it suddenly becomes essential.

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