Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by hot_gril on Thursday January 25, 2024 @01:53PM (#39133323)

I still don't get the point of that app, aside from a few misc features like Chromecast. YouTube works in-browser.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by babypuncher on Thursday January 25, 2024 @02:02PM (#39133480)

YouTube works in browser, but the native iOS app offers a much more polished experience than the mobile web UI, especially for actually browsing the library.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by hot_gril on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:00PM (#39135980)

I'm not so sure about that because it gives them more ways to bother you about stuff.

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by babypuncher on Friday January 26, 2024 @06:04PM (#39150033)

How so?

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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by hot_gril on Friday January 26, 2024 @07:39PM (#39150995)

It can ask for permissions like push notifications, I can't install ad-blockers on it, and they otherwise get more control over it. They even seem to intentionally treat web users a little better, cause I just got a full-sized homepage ad in the app for TikTok of all things, with a download button. The site doesn't have that, and I made sure to disable my blocker. Maybe they consider app users more captive of an audience, or they simply bring changes to it first that are generally about further monetization.

Not a huge deal though. In the past, pre-iOS-10 Safari was immune to the "no background playback" rule the app had, and before that, the site had no preroll ads while the app did, so it was a clearer difference.

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