[HN Gopher] iOS 18.2 Lets EU Users Delete App Store, Safari, Mes...
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       iOS 18.2 Lets EU Users Delete App Store, Safari, Messages, Camera
       and Photos
        
       Author : sandwichsphinx
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-10-23 22:26 UTC (33 minutes ago)
        
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       | thimabi wrote:
       | Why gate such a basic functionality for users in the European
       | Union? People elsewhere do not have access to alternative app
       | stores anyway. Is allowing them to uninstall such apps too much?
        
         | stavros wrote:
         | Because it doesn't benefit Apple to allow you to uninstall
         | these apps.
        
           | thimabi wrote:
           | I mean, on their own, many of the core apps probably don't
           | bring much revenue to Apple. I can understand their
           | reluctance to allow uninstalling the App Store, but what do
           | they gain by preventing someone from uninstalling the Camera,
           | for instance? Those who want to do so will use an alternative
           | app anyway.
        
         | yapyap wrote:
         | cause they dont need to, if Apple isn't forced to give up their
         | deathgrip on the user they won't.
        
       | AshleysBrain wrote:
       | Are the apps actually uninstalled for real, or does the system
       | just hide them to create the same appearance as uninstalling to
       | satisfy legal requirements?
        
         | amelius wrote:
         | I suspect that Safari is still needed as a "webview" component
         | for various services.
        
           | wslh wrote:
           | Probably is the reverse... Safari uses the webview.
        
             | amelius wrote:
             | Maybe but that's just semantics.
        
         | gjsman-1000 wrote:
         | They are part of the iOS System partition, so almost certainly
         | just hidden. Considering that the entire point is to improve
         | competitiveness, hidden is almost certainly good enough, as
         | it's not the EU's job to be disk space czars.
        
           | vlovich123 wrote:
           | Beyond just that, if you uninstall the app store, how would
           | you get it back without it already being available on-device?
        
       | galkk wrote:
       | Nice. I hope that eventually they will force app stores to allow
       | users to resell/inherit/gift digital goods such as apps.
        
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