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Call me old fashioned, but I prefer it when web pages open in a web browser and don't pretend to be native apps.
I wonder how the EU will respond when high-ranking politicians fall victim to third-party app store scams or experience significant data leaks exploited through other browsers. Given that they're not particularly tech-savvy, it raises questions about their preparedness for such situations, and who they will blame for it.
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I'm not sure if Apple pays your sandwiches or what, but it's not hard to imagine a reasonable expectation one could login to an apple-owned web platform to manage their subscription. Not third-party. Apple one. Especially after considering two facts; One - they have that platform via iCloud where you can manage billing and subscription, but apparently not for everything and second which is more important - I got aler…
Yes, of course, any defense of Apple must be due to remuneration. LOL. It's an oversight, I suppose, but a defensible one. Putting management for subscriptions in the AppleID management area of Settings on Apple devices is an entirely reasonable thing to do. For one thing, it means you don't have to futz with a login to get to it. I'd never use a web login for this. I'm sure most Apple users feel the same. And you ha…
I think the main issue is attribution. Especially when a lot of stuff breaks even on web, when you change the browser. Imagine I have some PWA at home screen now, working with Safari engine. I changed my browser to Chrome, let's say it stopped working. 90% of the users will blame Apple software update instead of the Chrome choice.
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It's so funny that every HN post on this topic produces more and more contrived reasons for why having less choice is better, actually. Today: my parents need to be coddled like children, so you don't get to install a new browser. It's only because Apple's legal wrangling failed that Android even exists today.
This site stopped being for actual hackers at least 5 years ago, maybe more. These people are the opposite of hackers, literally begging for and defending walled gardens and closed systems. What a joke this community has become over the years.
So maybe people want their parents to avoid getting scammed or having their money stolen from their accounts.
Perhaps we have reached peak Apple. I was a fanboy for a long time but when USB-C came to the iPhone something clicked for me. There was no good reason except money making why they didn't do it sooner. Perhaps the magic spell is broken. Yes, their computers may be good, but maybe the company that makes them, isn't.
Do you have to check which way round a USB-C connector is before you plug it in?
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Where do I apply if I want the opportunity to tell you to go fuck yourself to your face? You can contact me through my profile. You won't though, because even though Sweden is a large country, you wouldn't dare say that to my face regardless. I know you wouldn't.
How come? Are you a tough guy who resorts to your fists when your fragile ego gets questioned? Imagine sitting there doxxing people over this bullshit. This needs an XKCD, "call the FBI, someone on the internet called me an ass". I'm sure you have 15 e-mails drafted already "Hey, are you aware that your employee has opinions online? It's not a good look for your company and you should do something about that." Get a…
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This site stopped being for actual hackers at least 5 years ago, maybe more. These people are the opposite of hackers, literally begging for and defending walled gardens and closed systems. What a joke this community has become over the years.
Or could it be that the parents of most people who were live on this website 15, or even 10 years ago were not using computers, and the parents of the younger generation on this website are using computers? So maybe people want their parents to avoid getting scammed or having their money stolen from their accounts.
Which sorta makes me wonder why these “actual hackers” even bother to care about iOS.
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The security architectures of both are reasonably well documented[1] by apple, do you have any relevant distinctions to point out? [1] https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-sec... [PDF]
I suspect that there are too many differences for me to really list., but for starters MacOS supports multiple user accounts and has beeen built from its inception to allow people to install software from anywhere.
Android handles it the same way.