> Heck, they could even go further and ban apps from corporations like Facebook, Inc., and Alphabet, Inc., that have violating your privacy as the core tenet of their business model.

If Apple were to ban the Gmail app (and obviously block web access via iOS too because that would be a loophole otherwise), I would throw away my iPhone, swear off business with Apple, and search dearly for a way to sue them.

I don’t love the walled garden iOS represents, I merely live with it in exchange for great hardware and UX. If the bargain changes to be more restrictive, I would turn against it in a heartbeat.

Thinking about that, is no surprise Apple is striking out early to make web apps useless. If they wait too long, they will become entrenched, and people will feel like they have lost something if access is restricted. Apple really wants to jealously protect its control, and more importantly ability to take 30% tax of every transaction that they can perceive.