A native app can get effectively nuked from orbit. A website is much more difficult.
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Replying to @mootpointer @julio_ody
now that browsers are evergreen (well, modern ones) with frequent updates (much more often than OSes)…
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Replying to @johnallsopp @julio_ody
We’re going to black list sites rather than whitelisting apps? Sounds good.
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Replying to @mootpointer
“We” won’t do anything. Users can simply not use web apps that abuse APIs. Much like apps. +
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Replying to @julio_ody @johnallsopp
We are philosophically at odds: I don’t want the web to try and be native. I don’t want native to try and be web.
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Replying to @mootpointer @johnallsopp
No worries. I was just trying to find out whether there was an *actual* reason for it :)
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Replying to @julio_ody @johnallsopp
And yes. There is. Rich input APIs are a nightmare in terms of security and privacy.
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Replying to @mootpointer @julio_ody
equally true of OSs and the Web, and arguable the web (for example, requires TLS) addresses these concerns better
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Replying to @johnallsopp @julio_ody
Your dedication is laudable, but your assertions there simply aren’t true.
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Replying to @mootpointer @julio_ody
We’re naive if we think platforms give us security and the Web doesn’t. cc
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: yeah, as a software engineer this is terribly muddy thinking.
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