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This is off topic flame bait.

I'm sorry if my comment came off like that but my point is we don't need such lists and more walled gardens - where is the selection criteria for this?

Who decides these domains? Why does my domain not equal to a domain of my competitor? Does it put me at a disadvantage as a small player if I'm not on this list?

And this isn't just one instance but it keeps happening over and over.. Apps getting rejected from play store due to arbitrary standards while there is news of big cos like google making secret deals with apple to get exceptions and special advantages which the small guy can't (1)

(1) https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2021/09/04/appl...

I think what the OP is getting at is that Apple has a "secret" list of domains that it has approved for suggesting. There's no means by which we can get on to that list. In an open source browser, this list would be public, and assumedly there would be some way of submitting a change request.

All that said, I think this is a little overblown. I doubt many people go to one site over another based on the existence of this list.

Darwin is open source and there’s nothing you can do to get your patch in (unless you’re the upstream of a package they include, that is). Apple Podcasts directory is closed source and you can submit your podcast as you wish. Open source and a submission channel a la hstspreload.org are orthogonal. Anyway, this is a generic tangent.

Nowhere in their comment they mention the topic at hand, it's just a jab at controversial things Apple has done. It doesn't add anything to the post but causes outrage for the sake of it.

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