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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by asow92 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @08:27AM (#36930488)
It’s not that grandiose or malevolent. It’s more like I just want a path to route to in my app on first launch.
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by callalex on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:27AM (#36939694)
Isn’t that what URLs are for?
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Re:Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Stor... by asow92 on Monday July 31, 2023 @09:10AM (#36941993)
Universal links on iOS do not work on the very first app launch, which is why developers have to resort to using techniques like copying the link out of the clipboard or associating a link to a user with a fingerprint.

This isn't a problem after the first launch, as the app delegate gets an event to open and route the user from the URL.

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