Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose

Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by pb7 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:01PM (#39389688)

Pretty simple: I like the way Apple does most things. I'm rarely disappointed by the culmination of all of their decisions. I'm frequently disappointed with how other companies do things therefore I don't want their disease to spread to things I'm perfectly content with.

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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by adamtaylor_13 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @10:09PM (#39392718)

I couldn’t put my feelings into words but this sums it up fairly well. Apple, for all their flaws, typically creates an outstanding product from a security, privacy, and general end-user perspective.

At the end of the day, Apple has earned my trust to make choices that maybe aren’t the most “open” choices, because usually they end up being the best experience for me as an end consumer.

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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by luuurker on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:29PM (#39402533)

Apple typically makes good decisions, but they don't always do that or act in your best interest. And that's the problem with supporting all their decisions without checking if they're good or not for you.

In this case, iOS isn't capable of handling different rending engines well. So instead of asking them to improve iOS so this isn't a problem (like it isn't on Android and even other iOS apps), you side with their decision of breaking/removing a feature, even though it doesn't benefit you in any way.

I'm sure you can see the problem with this.

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