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Apple Is Trying to Kill the Open Internet! (mastodon.social)

submitted 6 months ago by jlou@mastodon.social to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Apple Is Trying to Kill the Open Internet!

https://youtu.be/up-zUEFNMww

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Kill the Open Internet" by... allowing people to choose a non-Safari browser to run PWAs...?

What?

The whining about getting cut off from push notifications, looks like a particularly funny one in light of this: (25 Jan 2024)

Privacy Concerns about Apple Push Notifications

TL;DR: data-hungry apps use push notifications as a trigger to send app analytics and device information to their remote servers, even if the apps aren't running at all on your iPhone. Such apps include TikTok, Facebook, FB Messenger, Instagram, Threads, X, and many more.

https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1750502700112916504