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0 pointsamelius2y ago0 comments

If this creates security risks, then why is the Web somehow ok or otherwise not shut down?

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mixdup2y ago· 5 in thread

Apple has significant restrictions around web content including the fact that up until now you can only use their rendering engine. Chrome on iOS uses Safari under the hood

ameliusOP2y ago

So perhaps Apple should put those restrictions around Apps too?

mixdup2y ago

they did..it's called the App Store

ameliusOP2y ago

So first it is different, then it is not?

In any case, the Internet does not have to pay Apple to be discoverable and accessible.

Qwertious2y ago

>Chrome on iOS uses Safari under the hood

Firefox, too.

awesomeMilou2y ago

Yes, and as we all know, WebKit is the most secure, least exploited browser rendering Engine /s

stephenr2y ago· 4 in thread

Because "the web" runs inside a browser sandbox?

dmix2y ago

And the web is far more limited programming wise. As much as there’s experimental webgpu and whatever it’s pretty locked down.

Phones are with you constantly with GPS, movement, cameras, and microphones regularly accessible by apps, sometimes persistently. It’s also a platform handling SMS and Bluetooth and other weakly secure protocols.

ameliusOP2y ago

So you are saying that iOS is not a secure sandbox?

stephenr2y ago

The native runtime environment for iOS is significantly more powerful/capable (i.e. less controlled/limited) than a browser sandbox. It would be pointless to have local apps if it wasn't more capable.

That doesn't mean it isn't a sandboxed compared to more traditional computing environments - it just means it's less restrictive than a browser.

ameliusOP2y ago

Anyway, Apple is conflating the concept of AppStore with ContentFilter. There's no reason why you can't have either one of them, or both from different vendors. Let them provide the bare hardware, and there will be a flourishing market of OS providers, some of which perhaps even more secure than Apple's software offerings.

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