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Re:Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tells investors Apple's DMA rules a... by rekoil on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @02:12PM (#39279047)
> I would consider a phone as damgerous as a scooter, if not more - considering the amount of private information in it and the access to bank accounts it grants.

App sandboxing protects you from apps trying to access your information without your say-so, I'm not advocating for Apple to allow these third party apps to bypass the sandbox.

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Re:Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tells investors Apple's DMA rules a... by kolinko on Saturday February 10, 2024 @07:06PM (#39331481)
Is there a platform that managed to implement a decent sandbox without a review process a’la Apple?

Android definitely fails in this aspect, if you look at stats on viruses etc.

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Re:Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tells investors Apple's DMA rules a... by rekoil on Sunday February 11, 2024 @04:41AM (#39333807)
The sandbox and review processes are completely separate from each other. Technically if the review process was flawless Apple wouldn't need a sandbox in iOS.

Yeah sure, things that attempt to break out of the sandbox will not be caught before ending up running on a users phone, but this also gives Apple somewhere to learn about novel sandbox escaping techniques from, so they can eventually patch them.

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