Decoding Apple's Desperate Ploy To Scuttle PWAs
AI summary of the linked articleThe article argues that Apple's iOS 17.4 changes in the EU are a deliberate move to cripple Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) ahead of the March 6th deadline for compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). It says the change disables features such as app-like UI, reliable storage, push notifications and icon badging, and it claims Apple is timing the removal to argue that competitors need not be given these features. Apple's February 15th statement is criticized as deflection, and the article quotes Mozilla calling Apple's browser-engine proposals an effort to make competing browsers painful to provide. |
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2 comments "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. (...) Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can." 2400 years went by, and the quote still holds true.  This will directly affect Kiwi News users, here are the consequences: - When you've installed the PWA on iOS, in the future it'll only open as a tab in the browser, not as a standalone application anymore - All users who used Kiwi News as an iOS PWA and delegated upvoting power to a temporary key will have to re-delegate - We won't implement push notification support because Apple is stopping support for them If you're an iOS user and you think this is leading to a worse experience for you consider getting in touch with Apple and filing a complaint with them. |
