svanstrom

gatorguy said:

GeorgeBMac said:

svanstrom said:

A case like this "should" be able to be easily resolved, as I'm assuming that Apple has archived versions of old apps; and as such a forensic analyst should be able to quickly tell if the app actually appears to be doing anything (processing or transmitting) any data from the camera.

Like decades ago when Google scooped up private WiFi data:   "It was done by a rogue programmer!"   And, like then, everybody will nod and move on.....

In fairness, it wasn't private wifi data. It was publically broadcast over open networks, you yourself could have seen it if you wished. While it was still "bad Google" and they weren't being honest about the gathering of a few brief seconds of it IMO, it wasn't private. Fibbing about the "rogue programmer ' was more egregious.

Now you can get back to partisan posting. Sorry for the interruption. 

avon b7 said:

svanstrom said:

avon b7 said:

YouTube is my go-to option for many things.

In my case, at least so far, ads are not a problem. 

It enjoys a dominant position for providing what users and content creators have wanted. That swings both ways though and alternatives will be ready to step in if over monetization becomes a deterrent to enjoying content. That applies to the content creators too. 

YouTube is a business and restricting PiP might be a purely business decision. iOS users still have access to the content. It's not a big deal. 

As Apple develops its streaming knowhow it could even enter direct competition with YouTube. 

Competition is good and with the GMS/Huawei situation I am already testing the Google free world (free of GMS requirements). The only way competition can take a hold is if users give it a chance. 

Also, Apple could possibly choose to make any video content playable in a floating window if it needed (via iOS updates). 

Competition is good, he said… after competition just made a third party service go out of their way to cripple a native, universal, feature of a major OS.

Let's forget for a moment how far behind Apple has been with this kind of 'native' feature and put it into perspective. 

Apple provides a simple hook to the functionality. No more than that. Developers can see fit do with it what they want. 

avon b7 said:

YouTube is my go-to option for many things.

In my case, at least so far, ads are not a problem. 

It enjoys a dominant position for providing what users and content creators have wanted. That swings both ways though and alternatives will be ready to step in if over monetization becomes a deterrent to enjoying content. That applies to the content creators too. 

YouTube is a business and restricting PiP might be a purely business decision. iOS users still have access to the content. It's not a big deal. 

As Apple develops its streaming knowhow it could even enter direct competition with YouTube. 

Competition is good and with the GMS/Huawei situation I am already testing the Google free world (free of GMS requirements). The only way competition can take a hold is if users give it a chance. 

Also, Apple could possibly choose to make any video content playable in a floating window if it needed (via iOS updates).