Why is Apple acting like an asshole?

Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by manigandham on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:43AM (#24491059)

That's already possible, and an app has far more access to your device and data anyway.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by CiaranMcNulty on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:45AM (#24491336)

Apps cannot currently use other browser engines on iOS

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by manigandham on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:32AM (#24491586)

Most of the web privacy settings are specific to Safari, not the Webkit browser engine.

Also an app can access and send more data than a browser window. Anything the webview can block can just get transmitted by the app itself separately. So there's no reason to block 3rd-party browser engines as the GP post says.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by romanoderoma on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:12AM (#24492354)

safari is enough and has enough bugs to be a totally good vector for malware

The real security issue is: if a bug in Safari is found (it happens quite often) users cannot use another browser in the meantime.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by saagarjha on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:58PM (#24495311)

> has enough bugs to be a totally good vector for malware

Not for most people.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by romanoderoma on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:55PM (#24496110)

It's the main vector for malware on Apple phones (and mac laptops)

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by saagarjha on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:40PM (#24499400)

Most malware is installed consensually, not as the result of bugs.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by romanoderoma on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:03AM (#24502521)

So the only solution is to remove the computation from computation devices.

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