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[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think Apple made a serious miss-calculation there. If they're being honest, and removed web apps because they are technically difficult to implement, they should have said something along the lines of "we are working on this and will disable it temporarily to avoid penalties".

But I suspect it's got nothing to do with that. Web apps can run native code with WASM and it would only be a matter of time before someone (google?) releases a "browser" that allows you to run native Android apps. Or worse, native iPhone apps... bypassing Apple's Core Technology fee since it's "just a webpage".

[-] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It would be a massive vector for malware. Without many options for Apple to fix if the users isn't using safari to access the PWA. One that many more people are likely to fall for as they exist outside of any marketplace, even third party ones.

Apple doesn't want to say this, as it makes iOS sound bad and it's users irresponsible.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

How so? If they actually have a secure operating system, even a buggy/insecure browser wouldn't allow malware to do anything bad.

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

All this theater makes it look like a lot of their security is dependent on App Store verification. I hope it isn't.

[-] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago

It really sounds like it. And then idiots will say apple was right when exploit come out

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