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This is just the mini version of what they tried to do in Chrome. Since you don't have to use the built in webview it's meaningless.
Apps can easily be redesigned with some kind of webview integration, and some apps already do have random things that bring up webview, and thia would kill them on a rooted device.
The inherent issue here is they're arguing this will help prevent fraud, but they're not looking for fraud. They're looking for an altered device and assuming fraud.
I nuked a food app recently because instead of opening so I could give them money in exchange for food they decided to police my phone for PCAPdroid by way of refusing to run beyond showing a message stating that I can't have PCAPdroid installed and closing after a 5 second timeout.
Fuck you, Papa Murphy's. What's your app doing that you're afraid I'll be able to see? You're blacklisted for life now.
Why would someone download a fast food app in the first place, I’d pay to NOT have that on my phone lawl
Very famous take and bake pizza place, literally not fast food.
Replace fast food with “corporate restaurant chain app” then
I totally agree but my wife does have the McDonald's app which gives decent discounts on food. I get to live the best of both worlds by not having to download the app while still benefiting from the discounts.
As a Papa Murphys lover, I can't for the life of me understand why you'd ever need to install their app. You can order from the website just as easily.
I'll give them a pass as I assume they got some bottom of the barrel developer to cheaply create their app and it doesn't get anywhere near the level of attention that something like YouTube's app would.
What I meant though was you aren't necessarily stuck using Google's webview, though they make it non-trivial to jailbreak from theirs.
https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/Installing-SystemWebView