Apple will require app devs to explain exactly why they use certain APIs

SpunkyBarnes, 11 months ago

Transparency is not a bad thing, as long as it’s applied equally.

NotMyOldRedditName, 11 months ago

One of the big problems with something like this isn't transparency, it's that this will potentially wipe out so many potential apps.

Google has done this a bunch in the name of privacy and it 100% kills apps.

Hopefully they aren't as strict as Google on some of those APIs or the unintended consequences could be substantial

danhab99, 11 months ago

Time to start focusing on progressive web apps

mac, 11 months ago

Can’t wait to get our app rejected multiple times for not having an ‘approved reason’ for using certain apis 💀

wave_walnut, 11 months ago

related article:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files/describing_use_of_required_reason_api

parrot-party, 11 months ago

Threads explained what it used your data for really well, people still installed it.

danhab99, 11 months ago

Yeah because what Linux users on the fediverse don’t realize is that most people don’t find their data valuable. Bc genuinely who cares if Instagram knows that you’re a dog. In fact, most people actively want other people to know the things about them that apps collect. They’ll just post it on Instagram and TikTok without a second thought.

The alternative to platforms not collecting data is them charging you what your data is worth yearly. So Google might cost 20 bucks a year, Instagram my cost another 25 bucks a year. Most people would end the year with maybe 100 to 200 in “web service bills”. Nobody wants another bill.