Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones

Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by musicale on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @01:23AM (#43408499)

I assume you're talking about the Mac App Store since one can't easily install iOS software via github.

It's a tricky situation. Windows Vista tried to improve security and then was criticized for having too many UAC pop-ups, and for breaking legacy drivers.

I don't like Apple's syspolicyd, but it is also an attempt at improving security.

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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by saagarjha on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @07:01AM (#43410430)

Poor security implementations harm security, because they train users to click through them. It’s certainly an “attempt” but I wouldn’t say it improves security.

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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by godelski on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @02:52PM (#43415934)

I'm talking about MacBooks. Sure, this is about iPhones but it's also about a closed garden and other devices in that closed garden which are very likely to also be owned are teaching people a very specific lesson

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