Apple App Store Web Has Exposed Its Source Code
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Apple's App Store web source code was exposed, but commenters largely downplayed the significance, with some criticizing Apple's development practices and others pointing out that frontend code is inherently visible.
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A reflection of the decline in quality.
It’s frontend code. It’s not an issue that the front end can see it.
If I were Apple I'd just open source this now.