@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoYep, Apple’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EUwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1189cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1189external-linkYep, Apple’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EUwww.theverge.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThe only reason I spend extra for Apple is the security. If the EU takes that, their entire business model is gone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThey make no money by requiring their web engine be used. What they get is a phone where they prevent apps from snooping around other apps and secretly taking over the camera and microphone. Here is a Wikipedia page that explains their long fight over encryption. The EU regs just eliminated all of this protection in the name of commerce, but the big winners are the spy agencies and hackers.
minus-squareCicraftlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoYou know you can just stick to the app store if you’re worried about that, right?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoNo, the point is that the EU is requiring that Apple comprise the security in the name of letting users choose what they want.
Cutting nose to spite face it seems.
The only reason I spend extra for Apple is the security.
If the EU takes that, their entire business model is gone.
How’s apple more secure?
They make no money by requiring their web engine be used.
What they get is a phone where they prevent apps from snooping around other apps and secretly taking over the camera and microphone.
Here is a Wikipedia page that explains their long fight over encryption.
The EU regs just eliminated all of this protection in the name of commerce, but the big winners are the spy agencies and hackers.
You know you can just stick to the app store if you’re worried about that, right?
No, the point is that the EU is requiring that Apple comprise the security in the name of letting users choose what they want.
No, they are not requiring that at all.