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Re:Private client-side-only PWAs are hard, but now Apple mad... by rhizome on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @06:06PM (#22688917)
So this is a requirement that all webapps phone home, moreover that they have a home to phone?
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Re:Private client-side-only PWAs are hard, but now Apple mad... by untog on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @06:33PM (#22689101)
No, this is all internal to the browser, no requirement to send a remote request.
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Re:Private client-side-only PWAs are hard, but now Apple mad... by manicdee on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @08:23PM (#22689779)
It’s a requirement that some time within the next seven days of app usage, the user interacts with the web app.

This might cause trouble if the web app is simply a list of timers which the user interacts with passively (map of earth showing day/night zones), but if there is any interaction at all the timer resets.

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Re:Private client-side-only PWAs are hard, but now Apple mad... by numpad0 on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:50PM (#22690434)
I'm not getting the semantics clear but wonder whether having the icon on the homescreen counts as "visiting" or whether suspending the app first day and reopening it the next day counts app-subjectively as "continuing day one" or "reopening immediately"
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