So when are they going to support APIs like web push that makes it possible to replace your store app with a web app?

Ah, yes, because I really want every site I visit on my phone to prompt me to enable notifications, just like my laptop.

So don’t opt in? Your desktop browser asks you on every domain whether you want them or not.

If a site asks, I navigate away. The times I don't, I usually regret the ad-ridden, clingy, user-hostile experience.

Mine does not ask because I configured it that way.

Stop visiting shady webites

I agree that people should stop reading popular "news" websites, but it's not going to happen anytime soon.

You think a site can't be "popular", "news" and "shady" at the same time?

No, quite the contrary - "popular" and "news" often implies "shady".

...and simultaneously knee-capping/slow-walking multiple web API implementation in WebKit while forbidding nimbler alternative rendering engines from their walled garden.

> This isn't some gotcha

Do you mean that Apple's policies on cloud gaming aren't a specially-crafted edge case? Because if so, it seems like you're wrong there. They allow browsers on the app store, which can access the whole (unmoderated) web, so it can't be about moderation. Seems like they just don't want anyone to create an "app store" within their App Store. Either that, or they're trying to keep competition at bay while they develop Apple Arcade. Maybe there's a better explanation that I'm missing.

They don't allow browsers, they only allow shells around apple provided WebViews.

This has nothing to do with why they don't want game streaming apps on the store. Running a Gecko shell instead of webkit on iOS wouldn't change their 'moderation' (preventing other app stores from being in the Apple App Store) stance.

I know this, but as judge2020 pointed out, that's irrelevant to my point. That said, it is relevant to the whole anti-trust thing because Apple has a stranglehold on browser features (such as PWA stuff).

It is very relevant. Another browser with e.g. push notifications in the appstore would be the equivalent of stadia displacing appstore games - but for 99% of all of appstore.

Lets see if it lasts