Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo
by _-david-_ on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @07:30PM
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PWAs on iOS have certain limitations. I am not sure if Spotify could fully recreate their app. Even if they could, it isn't really the easiest thing for the average person. Everybody knows how to install an app. How many people know how to install a PWA on their phone?
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Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo
by prettychill on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @09:43PM
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Isn't the argument to add sideloading / other stores to ios? How does installing an alternate store to get a cheaper spotify app compare to installing a PWA?
Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo
by _-david-_ on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @10:34PM
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>Isn't the argument to add sideloading / other stores to ios?
Yes, but the person I was responding to was talking about PWAs.
>How does installing an alternate store to get a cheaper spotify app compare to installing a PWA?
If you can install an alternative app store through Apple's app store the learning curve might be lower, but I'm not sure. Ultimately none of this would be an easy thing for most users.
I think the best solution would be to require Apple to allow repositories (like Fdroid and Linux have) to their store. The end user wouldn't have to learn anything new since the app store would be the same.