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		scottmf on July 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: App suddenly crashing on startup due to FBSDKRestr... Heavy restrictions on how apps use third party SDKs for signing in, forcing FB to change its policy of requiring the SDK for native apps which use FB to sign in. And then reject new app updates which don’t follow the new rules. Or just outright ban this spyware.

scarface74 on July 10, 2020 | [–]

Yes because government officials know enough about technology to pass those types of laws.

scottmf on July 15, 2020 | | [–]

I’m talking about Apple.

kerbs on July 11, 2020 | [–]

I’m not sure how you would word this to target the Facebooks of the world.

Especially if SDKs are statically linked.

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