Steve Troughton-SmithThe level of salt in Apple's press release says everything you need to know about the company and the people who run it 😑
John Davis@stroughtonsmith I’m wondering how much of this US based developers get access to… can we even test any of this stuff?
Christian Kündig@its_john_davis @stroughtonsmith I’d assume this doesnt depend on developer location but User/App Store location.
@chkuendig So if I wanted to make a browser with a different web engine to distribute in the EU, can I do that if I’m based in the US?
@its_john_davis Presumably - but you can only release that version on the EU App Stores.
Take It EV Podcast 🎙️@stroughtonsmith Tim should really go. He's not good.
MarkV@stroughtonsmith I’m already looking forward to the WWDC slide where they’ll announce that 99.7% of app installs in the EU still go through the main App Store (as if that makes the whole thing irrelevant…)
Michael
Rob@stroughtonsmith Indeed. Bad losers…
Sean@stroughtonsmith To be fair, if a third party was forcing you to weaken the security and privacy of your flagship product, you’d be pissed too.
Tanner B 🆓🇵🇸@Strwpok @stroughtonsmith Say it with me:
App review
Is
Not
Security
@objc @stroughtonsmith but scanning for viruses and malware IS SECURITY!
@Strwpok @stroughtonsmith I genuinely cannot tell if you're being facetious or not
The OS can do that, that's what antivirus software is for
@objc iOS doesn't have antivirus software and its not been needed in the past because of the security that the EU want to weaken.
@Strwpok I am an iOS developer and hobbyist mobile security researcher.
App review is not security. Malware and scams get through regularly. Only the OS can provide real security. Apple can add antivirus to iOS if they want to, like every other platform has.
They don't want to because they want to keep forcing everyone through app review so they can control what apps we can use and take a cut of apps' transactions with users.
Marcel Voss