Re:Apple makes its case against iPhone app sideloading
by mthoms on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:13PM
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Your point may have been true around the late 2000's and early 2010's. But there's no way Apple of today lacks the resources to make Safari better.
That's what's so frustrating. It's very obviously a conscious decision to let it languish in order to push people towards native (and Apple's 30% cut).
Re:Apple makes its case against iPhone app sideloading
by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:34PM
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It might almost be time for Apple to step up to the browser-wars plate and push W3C standards like they push privacy.
Re:Apple makes its case against iPhone app sideloading
by sbuk on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:51PM
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Rhetorically, why kill the golden goose?
Re:Apple makes its case against iPhone app sideloading
by mthoms on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:45PM
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Because the open web is possibly mankind's greatest advancement in the last 30 (or so) years. Intentionally crippling its continued advancement in the interest of greed is repugnant.
Yeah I know, its a moral argument not a business one. But, Apple does market itself as a highly moral, socially conscious, and highly progressive company.
Maybe one day they will do the right thing. A guy can dream.
So did Apple. But a massive amount of developers wanted native apps - a lot of them here. Don't forget that, at the time, Apple wasn't the behemoth it is today - far from it. I'm guessing it was an either/or descision at the time.