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by hasanhaja 82 days ago
If it's about security and privacy, why push more people away from the Web to native apps that they know is less secure [1][2]?

> WebKit’s sandbox profile on iOS is orders of magnitude more stringent than the sandbox for native iOS apps.

[1] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62277271d3bf7... [2] https://open-web-advocacy.org/apple-dma-review
1 comments
slashdave 81 days ago
Native iOS apps are sandboxed and even more secure. The reason the web engine is tied down is because web engines are insecure by nature. And now you want Apple to allow anyone to write one?
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hasanhaja 77 days ago
> even more secure

Based on what? Happy to be wrong, but the quote in my reply was Apple's stance on the WebKit vs native iOS apps

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