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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by afavour on Sunday April 23, 2023 @08:20AM (#35675634)
To be clear you absolutely cannot run Xbox games in a web browser. The service you’re talking about is just streaming video from a remote Xbox to the phone.

You and the OP are both right about fullscreen. There is a web fullscreen API, which Apple does not support. However, PWAs strip out the browser UI so you’re effectively fullscreen. Though you can’t do anything about the status bar, nor can you lock screen orientation.

But more to the original point, none of this has anything to do with security. Apple disallowed a native Xbox streaming app because they demanded a cut of the revenue and MS wasn’t willing to give it.

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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by Terretta on Sunday April 23, 2023 @04:25PM (#35680191)
Not sure what you mean by strip out the browser UI.

When home screen apps first came out we built some for clients and if I recall correctly, lack of browser UI was default.

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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe by afavour on Sunday April 23, 2023 @06:40PM (#35681412)
Right, PWAs strip out the browser UI. We’re in agreement.

(it actually isn’t by default, it requires specific flag, but it’s more or less what everyone considers to be a standard for PWAs)

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