Post-auth, so this shouldn't be CVSS 10 (highest possible score), because that implies pre-auth RCE would not be more critical..

Thanks Microsoft!

Without your help I'd inadvertently skip some critical setup screens and potentially exit OOBE with a device that is not fully configured for use and that would be a huge disaster. You literally saved my device!

DeepMind = not available for use

It's lost its charm.

So was there any app with an alternative browser engine already approved by Apple?

IRC I think the roadblock isn't that they need to be approved, but that they can only distribute in the EU.

Is distribution the only problem? If Mozilla or Google were to make their code freely available on some git forge like GitHub and I cloned the repo and built it myself, would I be able to run it for seven days or something in the US?

> If Mozilla or Google were to make their code freely available on some git forge like GitHub

https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox

https://github.com/chromium/chromium

Unless it can be distributed it's not worth Mozilla or Google's time to bother developing support.

nope, one can't get the entitlement -- even just for 7 days dev mode -- just like that.

Dev mode packages are self-signed, aren't they?

Well, now they'll have to negotiate with North Korea to get these backups..

Ah, so I'll never be able to experience finally passing that test.. couldn't you wait like 50 years or something? My ISP needs some time..

We probably need just another 15 years, since it took ~15 years to reach ~50% IPv6 adoption.

https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html

Still not quite there. Only at 49.86% as of today.

Because these phones are cheaper.. I plan on using iOS in the future where I'm required to use government/banking apps, but I have to start saving money right now since iphones are considerably more expensive than low-end android phones.

You can get $25 iphones from old generations. Old iphones don't give status symbolism SK they're cheap

But they can't run recent iOS versions which are required for those banking apps.

Apple is working hard to make sure the answer is no (by not implementing advanced PWA APIs in WebKit and by not allowing other browser engines on iOS).

so now you are going to list the unavailable features that would make a web app impossible…

> PWAs are limited in functionality

By Apple, because it's Apple that a) refuses to implement advanced PWA features in WebKit and b) refuses to allow apps to use other browser engines.

I have looked into developing a PWA. For starters:

1. Decent storage API. Last time I checked, there were serious limitations on the amount of storage you can use, especially in iOS

2. Mechanism for the user to save a certain . Analogous to saving and running a .exe and being able to compare the file hashes and run different versions of a file without the app developer's intent. This would include the ability to write and edit web apps from your device.

3. Some way of sending TCP/UDP packets directly, and doing port forwarding through UPnP.

4. Mechanism to run processes in the background, and for inter-app communication.

For example, you could not make a decent bittorrent app as a PWA. This is an example of an app which is prohibited on the app store despite having Apple having no legal basis for doing so.

I've often wondered if it would be possible to make some sort of "PWA Browser" that would give web apps hooks to some of this functionality, but it would probably get banned (There are no real rules on the app store, they can just ban you for whatever they want).

And this has nothing to do with my question - what features are lacking that would prevent this particular app from being a web app?

Looking at the changelog, ICEBlock uses push notifications, background jobs, and networking. https://www.iceblock.app/

There's also mention of a GPS fallback which doesn't sound like something you could do in a PWA.

PWAs can’t use Sockets, for one thing.

What on earth would you need that for in this instance?

As a side note, when Apple finally gets their shit together WebTransport is excellent for most socket like use cases.

web transport requires HTTPS, which requires a domain name and PKI for everyone you connect to

So it begins.. first ChatGPT then Meta, Google will soon follow.

But for me this is also a sign their free chat products are deeply unsustainable.