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Re:QEMU-iOS, an emulator for legacy Apple devices by mejutoco on Thursday December 14, 2023 @10:42AM (#38642553)
> But ultimately every company that has a platform for software development is going to charge you:

This is why the web won, IMO.

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Re:QEMU-iOS, an emulator for legacy Apple devices by beeboobaa on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:39AM (#38643306)
And it's also why Apple is the only one to not implement standards such as the Web Bluetooth API. If you want to work with a bluetooth device you will have to submit to the apple app store.
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Re:QEMU-iOS, an emulator for legacy Apple devices by dwaite on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:56AM (#38643602)
Web Bluetooth is not a standard and is not on track to ever become a standard, e.g. "This specification was published by the Web Bluetooth Community Group. It is not a W3C Standard nor is it on the W3C Standards Track."

It is also not supported on any version of Firefox, for the same reasons. Here's Mozilla's "considered harmful" GitHub issue. https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/95

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Re:QEMU-iOS, an emulator for legacy Apple devices by mejutoco on Thursday December 14, 2023 @12:08PM (#38643826)
PWA features could be a similar situation. They are also not a standard.
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