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Doesn't make sense to have an honor system for it. Rather grant access to device capabilities based in what an application declares
Unfortunately agreed. Browser sandboxing is usually quite a lot better than apps. The table they provide is rather biased though, many of the things they show in PWA's favor are only true in the most trivial sense, and are easily worked around, both technically and widely used in practice. Also browsers can use extensions to modify pages, and that opens up SO many possibilities. And bookmarks. And history. And tabs.…
but if your really want control over your data you might want to use self-hosted systems...
Unfortunately agreed. Browser sandboxing is usually quite a lot better than apps. The table they provide is rather biased though, many of the things they show in PWA's favor are only true in the most trivial sense, and are easily worked around, both technically and widely used in practice. Also browsers can use extensions to modify pages, and that opens up SO many possibilities. And bookmarks. And history. And tabs.…
For me as a user, not having notifications or having a way to easily block them is a boon. No site is sending me right now notifications, and I have yet to meet one where I'd even consider allowing them.
Good native apps exist, although rare and getting more so, and for a lot of workflows are better than websites. That said, all the privacy reasons listed apply just as much to websites as they do apps. I have to disable noscript a lot when it comes time to fill out what is glorified for a lot of day to day transactions. Especially anything involving a credit card these days.
I think you'll find native apps have significantly more access to your devices than websites. Just the simplest example, apps can intercept web requests. On iphone if you get a link to amazon.com through text message/email/browser, the amazon app can intercept and handle those requests. or camera, microphone, location, bluetooth, nearby interactions (uwb), push notifications, background services, photo roll, contacts…
Any popular website, barring this one & lobsters, run a number of trackers. Likely not even needing direct device access to figure out all the things you think are private.
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For me as a user, not having notifications or having a way to easily block them is a boon. No site is sending me right now notifications, and I have yet to meet one where I'd even consider allowing them.
You don't want notifications from any chat apps?
I appreciate you putting you're opinion out there. Fully disagree though
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I think you'll find native apps have significantly more access to your devices than websites. Just the simplest example, apps can intercept web requests. On iphone if you get a link to amazon.com through text message/email/browser, the amazon app can intercept and handle those requests. or camera, microphone, location, bluetooth, nearby interactions (uwb), push notifications, background services, photo roll, contacts…
Of course. Any popular website, barring this one & lobsters, run a number of trackers. Likely not even needing direct device access to figure out all the things you think are private.