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Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Re: Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Post by weinzierl »

dangero wrote: post #3

Anyone know how this list was created or how often it gets updated?

This an interesting question. Skimming the list it seems that - at least - it is not based solely on popularity (like the Alexa 1 million list for example).

I see lots of websites for small German towns, which should only have a couple of visitors per week.

Of the blogs and personal websites I read - some popular, some less so - only paulgraham.com is there.

I suspect the list is biased to official and very old domains.

Re: Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Post by jml7c5 »

lokimedes wrote: post #2

What is this for, and what should I do to get on, or off the list?

I assume it's for pre-populating the address bar suggestions. Even on a fresh browser with no history, users probably want 'nyti' to complete to 'nytimes.com', for example.

Re: Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Post by ultimoo »

weinzierl wrote: post #11
dangero wrote: post #3

Anyone know how this list was created or how often it gets updated?

This an interesting question. Skimming the list it seems that - at least - it is not based solely on popularity (like the Alexa 1 million list for example). I see lots of websites for small German towns, which should only have a couple of visitors per week. Of the blogs and personal websites I read - some popular, some less so - only paulgraham.com is there. I suspect the list is biased to official and very old domai…

To add another data point: I couldn't find "substack" on there, and it's been around since 2017.

Re: Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Post by mproud »

jml7c5 wrote: post #12
lokimedes wrote: post #2

What is this for, and what should I do to get on, or off the list?

I assume it's for pre-populating the address bar suggestions. Even on a fresh browser with no history, users probably want 'nyti' to complete to 'nytimes.com', for example.

https://nyt.com

Re: Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Post by suction »

AraceliHarker wrote: post #4

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It is a mainstream website mirroring the mainstream opinion in Japan so the target of your very valid criticism is the Japanese public, not Apple.

Similar would be criticizing Apple to not include foxnews.com in the list. It's not Apple's fault that American culture has brought us to such a website becoming mainstream.

Re: Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Post by jafingi »

Ha! This explains why I always get "cookieandkate.com" suggested when I want to visit another site that starts with "cookie". I was extremely frustrated that it suggested that site with higher priotity than the one I actually visit mostly every day. And I had never myself gone to that site.

Now I know why...

Re: Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS

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Post by kebab »

na85 wrote: post #8
AraceliHarker wrote: post #4

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Look I love to hate on Apple as much as the next guy but asking that question really doesn't seem like it's being done in good faith. Do you really think that Apple is subtly supporting an anti-Chinese, anti-Korean, pro-Japanese racist agenda through... an URL autocomplete list? Or is it more likely that it's a legacy list that has probably not been vetted by a human in quite some time if ever?

It's still worth interrogating even if it's an oversight.
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