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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by MobileVet on Thursday March 12, 2020 @07:51AM (#22555801)
Apple is a huge weight against PWA, but it isn’t about money. Apple AppStore revenue is an afterthought when compared to the rest of their top line revenue.

It is about control and security. They would prefer to see every piece of code you run on their device than let you visit some random site.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by akmarinov on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:24AM (#22556040)
Exactly control.

Netflix, Spotify, YouTube and so many others would love to have an app that lets them advertise their subscriptions without giving 30% to Apple.

Also having porn and gambling apps on the iPhone, even if it's not coming from the Apple Store would be a big no-no for them.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by talkingtab on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:04PM (#22558214)
I can think of 11.5 billion reasons why Apple would work to prevent people from developing PWA's and bypassing the App Store. That was reportedly their revenue from the App Store way back in 2017. More reasons now.
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