Re:Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
by m463 on Sunday October 18, 2020 @12:47PM
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I personally think that the whole "privacy" thing started because their ecosystem is in trouble.
They created the app store and made apps ubiquitous.
Honestly, computers used to have so much promise. They helped us, and made us better.
But nowadays how many people have you heard say "I don't WANT to install an app". (I know, lots of people don't care)
And apple is trying to restore (a little) trust by saying they're for privacy.
Thing is, they have to play both sides. And they really can't be for privacy (like allow a firewall or block network access for an app) because then developers won't do anything on their platform.
They created the app store and made apps ubiquitous.
Honestly, computers used to have so much promise. They helped us, and made us better.
But nowadays how many people have you heard say "I don't WANT to install an app". (I know, lots of people don't care)
And apple is trying to restore (a little) trust by saying they're for privacy.
Thing is, they have to play both sides. And they really can't be for privacy (like allow a firewall or block network access for an app) because then developers won't do anything on their platform.