“Safari and Progressive Web Apps — Pixel Envy”
“But I suspect that the real-world impact of this will be felt little by users compared to the frequent misuse of these technologies for tracking purposes.”
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“Safari and Progressive Web Apps — Pixel Envy”
“But I suspect that the real-world impact of this will be felt little by users compared to the frequent misuse of these technologies for tracking purposes.”
☝🏻 This.
@baldur I agree but can't help feeling a bit annoyed (for work). Readers might easily leave a research paper or monograph unopened for a week. It seems a shame to clear things b/c an arbitrary timer went off. This makes it harder to argue they don't need to download a PDF for everything they come across. Some form of opt-in by users would be nice.
@pkra Some form of opt-in by users would be nice, yeah. And it's pretty likely that Apple will continue to work on this so fingers crossed.