On: SQL.js: SQLite Compiled to JavaScript

[Veen]

> presumably because they don't want webapps competing with their iOS ecosystem

Or because trackers are using indexeddb to bypass Safari's anti-tracking and privacy measures.

[nicoburns → Veen]

Perhaps. They could easily stick it behind a permission if that was what they were worried about though.

[FridgeSeal → nicoburns]

Give an inch, and advertising will take a mile.

No doubt it’ll no doubt leak some number of bits that differ between platforms and browsers and that will be used to identify and track users.