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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by koito17 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:48AM (#37671453)
> Apple has never been big on the web.

That may be true today, but I don't think it was true during the early days of the iPhone, where Steve Jobs wanted no third-party native code running on the iPhone, only web apps that connect to third-party services.[1][2] It wasn't until lots of developer backlash and subsequent success of the App Store that they decided to de-prioritize the web.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nwLilQy64

[2] https://9to5mac.com/2011/10/21/jobs-original-vision-for-the-...

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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by troupo on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:03AM (#37672032)
> That may be true today, but I don't think it was true during the early days of the iPhone, where Steve Jobs wanted no third-party native code running on the iPhone, only web apps

That was 2007. Can you show me how exactly Apple was big on the web in 2007?

> It wasn't until lots of developer backlash and subsequent success of the App Store that they decided to de-prioritize the web

They never de-prioritised the web. Implementing Chrome-only non-standards isn't what being big on the web means.

Open a list of most-visited websites and show me Apple properties on it.

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