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by joncrocks 3323 days ago
Just as a note, people/developers have had messages from Apple telling them that they need to remove code which allows them to update their app outside of the app update/review process.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13817557 for some more detail/discussion.

[edit: Apart from in Apple-approved manners]
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Kiro 3323 days ago
https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/information/iOS_Pro...

> 3.3.2 […] The only exception to the foregoing is scripts and code downloaded and run by Apple’s built-in WebKit framework or JavascriptCore […]

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B1FF_PSUVM 3323 days ago
Well, that's not gonna fly with the "code is data, data is code" crowd ...

If the newspaper apps get to load fresh front page images, why should a poor neural net be discriminated in its quest for fresh coefficients?

(Raw oppression and injustice there, get yer indignation reservoir topped up.)

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