<story><title>Apple blocked the FlickType Watch keyboard then announced a clone of it</title><url>https://www.inputmag.com/tech/apple-blocked-the-flicktype-watch-keyboard-then-announced-a-clone-of-it</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwthere</author><text>Meh. The problem is FlickType requires network access during use. The App store licensing is ok with keyboards, it&amp;#x27;s not ok with keyboards that get network access. This, Apple perceives as a major privacy issue-- one for the possibility of keylogging, but also for the broader possibility of the always-on logging that the weather apps are infamous for.&lt;p&gt;edit: 
Sorry, I didn&amp;#x27;t include the source, the Developer License Agreement. Here&amp;#x27;s a link (relevant section on page 23) --
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;developer.apple.com&amp;#x2F;support&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;terms&amp;#x2F;apple-developer-program&amp;#x2F;Apple-Developer-Program-License-Agreement-20210607-English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;developer.apple.com&amp;#x2F;support&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;terms&amp;#x2F;apple-de...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jclardy</author><text>You’ll be surprised to know that Apple is quite fine with keyboards using network access. That is literally why the “Full Access” switch exists. Without it, the keyboard is fully sandboxed. It can receive input from the container app, but nothing can get out. It is surprisingly a user choice, something Apple will rarely give up on iOS.&lt;p&gt;The rejection was only because the app existed on the Apple Watch, and it was only rejected after the reviewer knew the new Apple watch would include the same feature (Note, you can’t use this feature on &amp;lt; 2021 apple watches, you have to pay to play.)</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple blocked the FlickType Watch keyboard then announced a clone of it</title><url>https://www.inputmag.com/tech/apple-blocked-the-flicktype-watch-keyboard-then-announced-a-clone-of-it</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwthere</author><text>Meh. The problem is FlickType requires network access during use. The App store licensing is ok with keyboards, it&amp;#x27;s not ok with keyboards that get network access. This, Apple perceives as a major privacy issue-- one for the possibility of keylogging, but also for the broader possibility of the always-on logging that the weather apps are infamous for.&lt;p&gt;edit: 
Sorry, I didn&amp;#x27;t include the source, the Developer License Agreement. Here&amp;#x27;s a link (relevant section on page 23) --
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;developer.apple.com&amp;#x2F;support&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;terms&amp;#x2F;apple-developer-program&amp;#x2F;Apple-Developer-Program-License-Agreement-20210607-English.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;developer.apple.com&amp;#x2F;support&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;terms&amp;#x2F;apple-de...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>danachow</author><text>You’re kidding right? There is no such restriction on keyboards. How do you think the Bitmoji keyboard works?</text></comment>