> And what would this pornhub app do that you couldn’t do from the website?
Store files for offline use or untracked use, have better privacy because user settings can be stored locally rather than on the server, provide source code that can be audited rather than relying on javascript that can change at any time, etc. In general, anything an app can do that a website can't -- otherwise why do native apps even exist?
> Should Nintendo also be forced to sell a PornHub game?
They shouldn't be allowed to prevent someone else from distributing one.
> So let’s see, you downloaded the files from their server, now they have a unique id for each user and they can track you more.
Which you can verify they aren't doing if they provide the source code. Or the non-Apple app distributor could verify that they aren't or otherwise sandbox the apps they distribute to prevent that from happening -- another advantage to competition.
> Most commercial apps aren’t going to give you access to the source control.
For something like that, why wouldn't they? Especially when there is a specific reason to, because it's something people are unusually privacy-sensitive about.
And it's not as if a community-developed Pornhub app that did would be accepted into the App Store either.
Which you can verify they aren't doing if they provide the source code. Or the non-Apple app distributor could verify that they aren't or otherwise sandbox the apps they distribute to prevent that from happening -- another advantage to competition
So what sandbox is available for apps that don’t allow a native app to ascertain individually identifiable device information?
You also now have to trust the non Apple App Store to check the source code. The entire open source community let the HeartBleed bug stay in open source software for a year and a half...
> So what sandbox is available for apps that don’t allow a native app to ascertain individually identifiable device information?
That's the point. Currently nobody can build that because Apple doesn't allow it.
> You also now have to trust the non Apple App Store to check the source code. The entire open source community let the HeartBleed bug stay in open source software for a year and a half...
"Many eyes" results in fewer bugs over time, not zero bugs instantaneously. It doesn't have to be perfect to be better.
That's the point. Currently nobody can build that because Apple doesn't allow it.
And where does this Sandbox wrapper for third party app stores exist for the Android ecosystem where it is both allowed and their are five time more devices?
Many eyes" results in fewer bugs over time, not zero bugs instantaneously. It doesn't have to be perfect to be better.
Have any statistics to back that up? Is Android more secure or less buggy than iOS?
Store files for offline use or untracked use, have better privacy because user settings can be stored locally rather than on the server, provide source code that can be audited rather than relying on javascript that can change at any time, etc. In general, anything an app can do that a website can't -- otherwise why do native apps even exist?
> Should Nintendo also be forced to sell a PornHub game?
They shouldn't be allowed to prevent someone else from distributing one.