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Apple forgot to disable production source maps on the App Store web app (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

AFAIK, the source maps are only actually requested/downloaded when the user opens the dev tools. There’s no reason to have them automatically download for every visitor. The enable/disable simply toggles whether or not the request is accepted when the user opens the dev tools.

So if my understanding is correct, keeping it enabled wouldn’t really impact server load, unless lots of users are constantly using the dev tools.