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A comment on Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing. Parent comment

Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by josephcsible on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:20PM (#27259159)
50% of all customers is way too much for most developers to be able to give up. And your arguments that gaining freedom will require losing privacy still haven't been convincing.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by paulmd on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:24PM (#27259205)
Whether or not you are personally convinced is irrelevant, the facts are that Facebook literally already has tried to do this and gotten their hand slapped for it.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/facebook-and-google-...

The facts don't care about your feelings here - facebook and others have already attempted to exploit the limited mechanisms of sideloading available to violate user privacy, and they will do so again if given broader permissions.

You are directly arguing for the removal of the mechanism that was used to slap their hand.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by josephcsible on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:27PM (#27259219)
Did Facebook do the same thing with their Android app? If not, what's the difference between how Android is now and how I'm saying I want iOS to be?
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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by paulmd on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:28PM (#27259229)
It's not my job to construct your argument for you, if you think there's a viable point to make there then say what you mean for yourself.

As I've previously shown, Play Store is rife with apps requesting far too many permissions, I've no idea what Facebook specifically asks for.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by josephcsible on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:30PM (#27259241)
I'm saying that what Facebook did has nothing to do with whether the device manufacturer has an app distribution monopoly.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by paulmd on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:32PM (#27259251)
So you're saying that if we just allow them to request full permissions upfront then there's no need to go around the backdoor?

... not sure how that's supposed to be reassuring for user privacy concerns.

Again, on Android, you've got even things like flashlight apps asking for far too many permissions, let alone Facebook.

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