Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoApple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Vergewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square167linkfedilinkarrow-up1530arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkApple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Vergewww.theverge.comRikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square167linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareTheMurphy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·3 years agoThe probably couldn’t afford the development /s But on the positive side, Apple is now forced to allow other app stores on all phones in the EU. So that’s probably a bigger win than this is a loss.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 years agoDepends on whether your app is distributed as a PWA or not. Mine is, so it kinda touches me personally.
minus-squarequackers@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoI dont know much about mobile but cant you stick your pwa in some electron-like thing and distribute it as an app? i mean its still a pain of course
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 years agoYou can, but then I’d have to pay $99 per year to Apple to have it on the App Store. 3rd party app stores are gonna be a wild west for a while, so not sure it’s viable as an option.
minus-squareLemmy Reddit That@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoI just made my app as a PWA, just few months ago, just to support iOS. F**k them. I’m not making any effort for iOS apps anymore.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoYep, fuck them. For me it was not the deciding factor in making my app a PWA, but it definitely was one of the reasons I went for it.
The probably couldn’t afford the development /s
But on the positive side, Apple is now forced to allow other app stores on all phones in the EU.
So that’s probably a bigger win than this is a loss.
Depends on whether your app is distributed as a PWA or not. Mine is, so it kinda touches me personally.
I dont know much about mobile but cant you stick your pwa in some electron-like thing and distribute it as an app? i mean its still a pain of course
You can, but then I’d have to pay $99 per year to Apple to have it on the App Store. 3rd party app stores are gonna be a wild west for a while, so not sure it’s viable as an option.
I just made my app as a PWA, just few months ago, just to support iOS. F**k them. I’m not making any effort for iOS apps anymore.
Yep, fuck them. For me it was not the deciding factor in making my app a PWA, but it definitely was one of the reasons I went for it.
Ah. Yikes.