Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on...
by rimunroe on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:28PM
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> What kind of ridiculous "argument" is this? Am I putting hundreds of other people in risk by installing Firefox on my iPhone?
Certainly it’s an extreme example, but yes, giving people the ability to install other browsers and app stores is increasing their risk. This ruling makes it possible for some companies to decide to only allow their app to be installed through an alternate app store, which won’t necessarily restrict malicious code in the same way.
Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on...
by gkbrk on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:52AM
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> giving people the ability to install other browsers and app stores is increasing their risk
But it is increasing _their_ risk. That's the massive difference from your example. Installing other browsers and app stores is increasing _your_ risk
What kind of ridiculous "argument" is this? Am I putting hundreds of other people in risk by installing Firefox on my iPhone? The fact remains that the EU in fact does intend to put you in front the airliner's controls. You can of course choose to turn on autopilot and keep using Safari.
> Why should they have wasted time building affordances for a world in which they were forced to support other browsers?
Guess what, "tight integration" of Internet Explorer into Windows for whatever technical reasons was not a favorable argument for Microsoft in front of the European Commission either. Lack of foresight to design open systems is not an excuse in front of the law.