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A comment on Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detriment to the web. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by euyyn on Thursday July 27, 2017 @01:47PM (#14867665)
Well yeah, it's "if they wanted". Apple has the same incentive to not turn Safari into a viable app platform that Microsoft had with IE in the 90's.
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Re:Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is a detr... by fredsir on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:10AM (#14872339)
Maybe because they don't believe it's the best route to go for them and their users? I'm inclined to agree, although I'd like to see the open web succeed, but I will weep if I have to use web apps instead of native apps for anything that couldn't be a website.
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