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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by madeofpalk on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:06PM (#39389772)
I guess that's why they say that "would require building an entirely new integration architecture that does not currently exist in iOS and was not practical to undertake given the other demands of the DMA and the very low user adoption of Home Screen web apps"
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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by saiya-jin on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:31AM (#39394571)
Well, this is just 'we don't want to do it because our market projections steer us in a different direction, but we really don't have any solid arguments so here is some blah our marketing & legal came up with'.

3 trillion company can implement this without breaking a sweat properly if they cared, what are they trying to say here - 'we are incompetent'? Not buying that for a second, we know they can deliver.

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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by beeboobaa on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:10AM (#39395873)
More like "that pesky eu is forcing us to behave like a normal company and we don't like that. Let's punish the users in hopes they'll revolt"
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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by Sabinus on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:58AM (#39394740)
Personally, I'm not concerned with the costs of an EU mandate on Apple for interoperability but that could just be me.
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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by madeofpalk on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:27AM (#39395272)
You've not been asked to be concerned. Apple is saying what their reasoning is, and you can believe it or not, but you don't have to feel pitty for them.
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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by beeboobaa on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:11AM (#39395880)
Apple is just playing pr games trying to get their cult followers to rage against the DMA which apple hates having to follow. So yes, people are being asked.
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