Apple says web apps from third-party browsers are a security risk.
  • trollercoaster@feddit.deEnglish
    18·
    2 years ago

    And the enshittification continues.

    But Apple makes overpriced ego boosting lifestyle products anyway, so anyone who thinks they need their crap deserves it.

  • ben_dover@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    In its post, Apple argues that web apps are built “directly on WebKit” — the engine used by Safari — allowing web apps to “align with the security and privacy model for native apps on iOS.” With the change to iOS 17.4, websites added to the homescreen now act only as bookmarks that open a new tab in your browser

    even if we play along with this bs argument, they could also have kept pwas enabled as long as a user is actually using webkit, and change the behaviour only if the web engine is changed. seems like a petty move to turn European iPhone users against pro-consumer laws. “the EU took our jobs webapps!”

    • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
      115·
      2 years ago

      The only reason I spend extra for Apple is the security.

      If the EU takes that, their entire business model is gone.

        • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
          113·
          2 years ago

          They make no money by requiring their web engine be used.

          What they get is a phone where they prevent apps from snooping around other apps and secretly taking over the camera and microphone.

          Here is a Wikipedia page that explains their long fight over encryption.

          The EU regs just eliminated all of this protection in the name of commerce, but the big winners are the spy agencies and hackers.

          • Cicraft@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            2 years ago

            You know you can just stick to the app store if you’re worried about that, right?

            • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
              112·
              2 years ago

              No, the point is that the EU is requiring that Apple comprise the security in the name of letting users choose what they want.

  • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    2 years ago

    even though Android phones have offered web apps with different types of browsers for years.

    Notice they didn’t say “and there are no incidences of spy software gaining access to their phones because of the lower security”

    • N0ll@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      It’s a glorified website. I don’t see anyone being afraid of infecting their devices by simply visiting a url

      • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        2 years ago

        You rely on the page generator to only generate pages.

        The EU is requiring Apple to let potentially bad actors loose.

        There is no way to prevent them from stealing your information or other back actions.