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428 points coronadisaster | 1 comments | 29 Jun 20 10:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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phkahler ◴[29 Jun 20 13:32 UTC] No.23677378[source]▶

Those APIs should not exist. Web site creators need to stop acting like they are entitled to access whatever they want on someone's computer.

I dont care about your unique SaS usecase, these are invasive. Make a native app if that's what you need.

azangru ◴[29 Jun 20 13:58 UTC] No.23677650[source]▶

Why is accessing this via a native app better than accessing it via web browser?

1. phkahler ◴[29 Jun 20 15:33 UTC] No.23678522[source]▶

From a tech point of view browsers are switching the roles of client and server. It's getting to be like X windows or something.

Apple declined to implement 16 Web APIs in Safari due to privacy concerns