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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by palata on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:06AM (#35676862)
How will PWAs prevent your messaging app from getting gps data?

A bad native app can require the gps permission, but a bad PWA app will be able to do the same, right?

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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by Cort3z on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:52AM (#35712227)
They would be running in a browser, and you can just deny it getting location information, but in general, apps have access to much more raw data than a tab in the browser does. It's also possible, in theory, to run a PWA in a different browser which masks your information.
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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by palata on Thursday April 27, 2023 @08:29AM (#35727025)
You can deny location data to a native app, can't you...

I really don't think that sandboxing is a good argument in favour of PWAs, honestly.

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