Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by pingyen » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:40 AM UTC

Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS
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Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by phobius » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:02 AM UTC

Is it not possible there's just a security violation they need to sort out?

Am unfamiliar with Puffin, but the post leaping straight to "it's a conspiracy!" without indicating what the stated rationale for rejection was appears a bit off.

(I'd I'm normally first in line to attribute things to corporate greed)

Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by trynumber9 » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:18 AM UTC

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Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by pier25 » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:19 AM UTC

I’ve never understood why Apple doesn’t allow other browser engines on iOS.

It seems a really ridiculous policy that doesn’t really benefit anyone.

Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by firloop » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:19 AM UTC

Apple's App Review guidelines used to say something along the lines of "If you have a problem, trashing us in the press never helps." I'm not trying to place judgment on Puffin, but this seems to be the wrong strategy. False negative App Store rejections are typically due to a misunderstanding than a nebulous "corporate greed" angle... or sometimes they were even (at least sort of) justified in the first place [0].

See also: when Rollout got rejected, their open letter [1] didn't help them either.

[0]: https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/10/apple-dash-removal-from-app-s...

[1]: https://rollout.io/blog/open-letter-to-apple-secure-javascri...

Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:19 AM UTC

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Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by b4lancesh33t » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:20 AM UTC

phobius wrote: post #2

Is it not possible there's just a security violation they need to sort out? Am unfamiliar with Puffin, but the post leaping straight to "it's a conspiracy!" without indicating what the stated rationale for rejection was appears a bit off. (I'd I'm normally first in line to attribute things to corporate greed)

Their medium article explains the reason apple rejected them. They use chromium on their servers to render pages. Apple wants them to use webkit.

Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by fny » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:22 AM UTC

trynumber9 wrote: post #3

for those who don't like to visit Facebook https://hackernoon.com/its-time-to-bringappletojustice-cf12c...

This should be the link. It gives more context than the Facebook post.

Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by fny » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:27 AM UTC

pier25 wrote: post #4

I’ve never understood why Apple doesn’t allow other browser engines on iOS. It seems a really ridiculous policy that doesn’t really benefit anyone.

In the Medium article, the CEO claims the issue stems from them rendering pages on their servers using Chromium rather than WebKit.

On the face of it, this seems bizarre but I could definitely see how Apple has an interest in having their User Agent stamped on outgoing requests.

Re: Apple rejects Puffin Browser on iOS

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Post by debt » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 5:27 AM UTC

Puffin circumvents Apple’s ability to block ads which other app developers provide at a premium on the App Store.

It also circumvents all the parental controls provide by Safari.

It’s a great idea but it Likely needs to incorporate the settings on the phone.