iTunes 12.7 breaks web links to iOS apps
| Originator: | pepi.zawodsky | ||
| Number: | rdar://34582613 | Date Originated: | 22-Sep-2017 12:17 AM |
| Status: | Open | Resolved: | |
| Product: | iTunes | Product Version: | 12.7 |
| Classification: | Serious Bug | Reproducible: | Always |
Summary: iTunes 12.7 breaks web links to iOS apps. Search results on the web do want to open iTunes on the Mac. iTunes just gives me a blank page. This drives away customers! Steps to Reproduce: Have iTunes 12.7 in macOS. Search for any app via your favourite web search engine. The web search result wants to open iTunes. iTunes shows just a blank page. Expected Results: iTunes must never break links to existing iOS Apps. Especially not the ones from https://search.itunes.apple.com/ which are the best ranked search results on the web for iOS apps. Actual Results: Any Browser want to open a link from https://search.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/search to iTunes which iTunes then ignores by showing a blank page. Version: 12.7 Notes: This bug in iTunes is breaking discoverability of Apps. This bug in iTunes is breaking millions of existing links on the web to Apps by your developers. This bug in iTunes is breaking millions of affiliate links, stripping website owners, who support the Apple ecosystem, of necessary income. This bug in iTunes breaks any possibility for Mac users to buy iOS apps which they may be doing for reasons of accessibility, security or convenience.
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