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		sheetjs on May 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Apple Cheats On a side note: I wonder why they hard coded the 4 names rather than grant access to all apps with bundle identifiers starting with "com.apple."

_3u10 on May 28, 2014 | [–]

Because it's technically possible to create an app with a com.apple bundleID.

Pinwheeler on May 28, 2014 | | [–]

Haha, that is a good observation! Bring that up at an Apple interview!

seanmccann on May 28, 2014 | [–]

Joke: To prevent the other internal Apple app teams from cheating!

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