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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

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• According to commenters, lack of support for these features would be a more acceptable condition if Apple allowed other, more robust, and full-featured browser engines on its operating system. Then, iOS users would be free to choose between Safari’s less feature-rich experience (which might have other benefits, such as privacy and security features), and the broader capabilities of competing browsers (which might have other borrowers costs, such as greater drain on system resources and need to adjust more settings). Instead, iOS users are never given the opportunity to choose meaningfully differentiated browsers and experience features that are common for Android users—some of which have been available for over a decade. WebKit’s restrictions also have second order effects: In designing for the web, developers are forced to design using a browser engine with feature limitations or give the large Apple app audience. Commenter OWA argues that by supporting suboptimal design for a significant consumer base, Apple’s WebKit restrictions ultimately affect design and hurt all mobile web users—not just those using iOS. Multiple commenters note that the only obvious beneficiary of Apple’s WebKit restrictions is Apple itself, which derives significant revenue from its mobile app store commissions.

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andybaio@xoxo.zone ("Andy Baio") wrote:

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KotMinou@mstdn.social ("Dineo") wrote:

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lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

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• National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States Department of Commerce

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alenacpp@hachyderm.io ("Elena Sagalaeva") wrote:

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nadinestorying@zirk.us ("she who weaves stories 🕷️💜") wrote:

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historleans@historians.social ("Rebecca Brückmann") wrote:

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

1. Good design is innovative.
2. Good design makes a product useful.
3. Good design is aesthetic.
4. Good design makes a product understandable.
5. Good design is unobtrusive.
6. Good design is honest.
7. Good design has longevity.
8. Good design is consequent down to the last detail.
9. Good design is environmentally friendly.
10. Good design is as little design as possible.

-- Dieter Rams

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nova@hachyderm.io ("Kris Nóva :ferris:") wrote:

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dangoodin@infosec.exchange ("Dan Goodin") wrote:

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jessica_drossin@masto.nu ("Jessica Drossin") wrote:

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Watching the Apple/Google Astroturf machine at work is breathtaking. NTIA report drops....

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2023/ntia-calls-changes-boost-competition-mobile-app-markets

...and it takes zero time for them to churn out anti-consumer FUD:

https://progresschamber.org/ntia-app-competition-report-overlooks-consumer-choice-content-moderation/

https://www.uschamber.com/technology/u-s-chamber-responds-to-ntia-report-on-mobile-application-market

Hacks for hire, indeed.

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chasnah@tech.lgbt ("Chasnah") wrote:

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jwz wrote:

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This is incredibly on-point:

https://andy-bell.co.uk/speed-for-who/

/via @andy

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andy@bell.bz ("Andy Bell") wrote:

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ppk@front-end.social ("ppk 🇪🇺") wrote:

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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Two songs from my commute into work this morning.

Adrian Quesada 's "Noble Metals":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIN1Gg2Ka5k

Cut Chemist's "The Garden" with vocal from Astrud Gilberto:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhlaspXVgo

Both via KMHD.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Maybe American Atheists needs to recruit some boring board members, because this is getting embarrassing.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/01/goddamnit-american-atheists/

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• Atheist A (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

This is a pretty random thought, but there are few people I admire as much as Stephen Fry. His courage, his eloquence & intelligence, his work. What a guy.

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vga256@dialup.cafe wrote:

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• A screenshot of SimCity for X11. There are many windows tiled to the screen, including a map view of Yokohama, a map of the power grid and pollution, and a graph showing funding levels. It is extremely colourful with a very constrained palette of colours. (remote)

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