Apple has recently made changes to the functionality of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) for users in the EU with the second beta of iOS 17.4. These cha...
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
There is some legitimacy in Apple's statement, but it's hard to give them the benefit of the doubt when you see what they have done with regards to being able to run third party app stores in iOS.
Hey Jude, I appreciate your input! It's worth considering the various factors at play here. Apple's stance on third-party app stores does invite discussion.
There is another post about this. They never invested in PWA, even before the DMA or EU thing! This is they way to close the apps to being only Apple Store installed, so they control the revenue and comissions, because if an app that would "works as an app" which is what a PWA is, could seel things inside that "web app" like any other public website ( since they are the same source code) then apple could not control its comissions. Thats the big flag here...
Also check: dev.to/lilxyzz/ios-174-update-ends...
Do you sincerely buy their arguments? After all the dubious ways they tried to escape the DMA, and the various other similar regulations or investigations over the world? (in the UK, Australia, etc.)
The company that just revealed Vision Pro would have had 3 years to prepare for this, and we're "only" talking about allowing other browser engines to install apps to the home screen. We don't even ask them to make it possible today, only just have multi-month plan to add it eventually.
BTW how much different is it from allowing third-party app stores? How much different is it from allowing third-party password/passkey managers?
C'mon this is one of the biggest middle-finger to everyone since Microsoft's stance about Internet Explorer 25 years ago, and it forces many to create native apps (that drive revenue to Apple, contrary to web apps, even if distributed in third-party stores!) knowing that the AppStore's rules are fucked up and Apple basically decides which products/companies live or die.