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

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428 points coronadisaster | 3 comments | 29 Jun 20 10:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.959s | source
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msoad ◴[29 Jun 20 17:15 UTC] No.23679601[source]▶
Google's developer relations team have done a good job convincing web devs that those APIs are pushed by Google to enable "Amazing PWAs", yet we haven't seen them used by any major app. People are choosing to download native apps for more sophisticated applications.

However Google is pushing those APIs because they know tracking people without cookies in future is a big challenge for them and they need new ways of tracking people.

So sad that Google has taken over the web. From the most used browser (Chrome) to the content hijacking (AMP) to the standards (PWA). All to sell you to advertisers.

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1. bad_user ◴[29 Jun 20 18:19 UTC] No.23680533[source]▶
On Android you can use web apps in Firefox, with content blocking powered by uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. This is because Android allows real Firefox, engine and all and Firefox implements the web push API.

This gives you unmatched privacy. As I've said elsewhere too, see this Facebook page listing apps that share data with them via FB's SDK and marvel at how privacy friendly your iOS device really is:

https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity

The notion that Apple is not implementing the web push API for example, for privacy reasons, is stupid.

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2. drevil-v2 ◴[29 Jun 20 21:23 UTC] No.23683273[source]▶
The problem with having an Android phone is that then you have to actually use the damn thing.

On a more serious note though, in iOS 14 app developers are responsible for any SDK's their app uses including data egress.

3. danudey ◴[29 Jun 20 22:07 UTC] No.23683852[source]▶
"Your off-Facebook activity is currently turned off."

Seems fine to me?