Why is Apple acting like an asshole?

Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by RandallBrown on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:22PM (#24494882)

You can definitely add websites to your home screen on iOS.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by dhagz on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:32PM (#24495799)

I think they're referring to PWA-style "Add to Homescreen", which I agree is a weak point of iOS/MobileSafari. I also wonder why there isn't good/any support for WASM in Safari.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by RandallBrown on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:50PM (#24496052)

Does android provide a way to launch this dialog from within the website?

iOS has a PWA-style add to home screen dialog, but it's part of Safari. It's accessed from the share sheet.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by mikewhy on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:06PM (#24496223)

Chrome on Android will indeed present an "add to homescreen" dialog when the user visits a PWA.

https://web.dev/promote-install/#browser-promotion

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by cpmsmith on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:23PM (#24495681)

By "dialog", they likely mean an API with which to prompt the user to add it, like they have for apps on the App Store.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by api on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:34PM (#24495025)

I do this for Facebook to avoid summoning that demon on to my phone.

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