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Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't a shortsighted decision, it was just retaliation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Web apps are a great way for Apple to cut App Store overhead and poor quality listings. Being able to refuse copycat apps, and things that are obviously just app wrappers around a website by telling the dev to “ship it as a web app instead” gives Apple an out.

It also means they can point to web apps as App Store competition, giving them ammo to fight off “monopoly” claims.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yes, yet they decided to retaliate against the EU by cutting them.