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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by andrekandre on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:18AM (#28490569) 

  > Apple used their power to make strangle the entire idea of the web on mobile by putting a break on change.
but this seems to neglect the fact that

  1. apple/jobs wanted web tech initially for apps
  2. native app devs were beating down the doors for access to native, not web apis
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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by radicalbyte on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:41AM (#28490651)
That was very very early on. Once they were big and Android came along the strategy was turned around.
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