Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by heavyset_go on Monday April 24, 2023 @01:39AM
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A non-profit lowering the amount of capital, labor and time it needs to meet users' needs during an emergency is an example of better benefits users can reap from being able to run PWAs versus being artificially limited from doing so by their phones' manufacturer.
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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by palata on Monday April 24, 2023 @03:46AM
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Seems to me that you are generalizing from a far-fetched example.
I am not saying that users can never benefit from PWAs. I am saying that globally, I am not convinced that PWAs will improve the life of iOS users. Just like I don't feel like Electron is improving my life. Slack would maybe have to make a proper app if they did not have Electron, it's not like Salesforce doesn't have the money. I could even go further: if it was actually expensive for such companies to write apps for the platforms they need to support, maybe they would open their APIs. Slack/Discord are glorified IRC messengers, I would love to have a lightweight client to use them (instead of getting a full copy of Chromium for each).