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Apple removes Facebook and Twitter integration from iOS 11

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Re: Apple removes Facebook and Twitter integration from iOS 11

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Post by dang »

untog wrote: post #31

They offered the functionality because users wanted it. Get off your high horse.

This sort of incivility will get your account banned here, regardless of how wrong or annoying another comment is, so please don't do this again.

We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14534595 and marked it off-topic.

Re: Apple removes Facebook and Twitter integration from iOS 11

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Post by pawadu »

H4CK3RM4N wrote: post #24
nier wrote: post #2

Would be awesome to choose which app handles Twitter URLs.

I'm pretty sure iOS has the website issue a request to open X app w/an argument, so in this case it's Twitter making a request to open their app if installed.

Not sure how it works on iOS, but on Android apps tell OS what websites they can handle.

This does have some security implications, so there is a mechanism for web sites to vouch for an app.

Re: Apple removes Facebook and Twitter integration from iOS 11

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Post by CodeWriter23 »

drivingmenuts wrote: post #20
akeck wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you had the FB integration set up in a certain way, all your FB friends would become entries in your iOS/macOS Address Book. It can make a huge mess.

That's especially fun for me when my phone syncs with my car's handsfree setup. I wind up with all my FB entries (which have no phone #'s attached) mixed in with all the deliberate entries which do have phone #'s. I wind up having to scroll thru 150 or so extra entries on the radio screen just to make a phone call in traffic.

"Siri call "

Re: Apple removes Facebook and Twitter integration from iOS 11

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Post by __sr__ »

cylinder wrote: post #15
themark wrote: post #3

Need help understanding why this is interesting enough to be on front page.

It's good for us Android users to realize iOS still doesn't have proper sharing.

Not sure I understand. What do you mean by proper sharing?

Re: Apple removes Facebook and Twitter integration from iOS 11

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Post by untog »

dang wrote: post #32
untog wrote: post #31

They offered the functionality because users wanted it. Get off your high horse.

This sort of incivility will get your account banned here, regardless of how wrong or annoying another comment is, so please don't do this again. We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14534595 and marked it off-topic.

To be clear: "get off your high horse" is considered incivil?
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