Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by m463 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @04:59PM
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you have some false assumptions though.
what is in the walled garden is decided by apple, and they do not have your best interests in mind.
For example - any app you install has unfettered network access.
what/who the app is connecting to, and what is being sent back and forth is opaque to you.
deep linking allows apps to intercept url references external to the app.
privacy policies are documents that live on a web server and can change at any time. And app updates can silently change the behavior of the apps as well.
It's all a mess, but because there are nice fonts and the icons have rounded corners people are subtly influenced to think it is well organized, maintained and modern.
what is in the walled garden is decided by apple, and they do not have your best interests in mind.
For example - any app you install has unfettered network access.
what/who the app is connecting to, and what is being sent back and forth is opaque to you.
deep linking allows apps to intercept url references external to the app.
privacy policies are documents that live on a web server and can change at any time. And app updates can silently change the behavior of the apps as well.
It's all a mess, but because there are nice fonts and the icons have rounded corners people are subtly influenced to think it is well organized, maintained and modern.