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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by johnnyanmac on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:27AM (#39393867)
We also know 70% of revenue comes from games. And there's no way proper game is going run on a PWA.

I also invoke Android again... PWAs exist, Google still holds the lions share. Google has freaked out about it too and is being sanctioned as we speak for it, but most customers simply aren't going to look for an alt app store outside of niche uses.

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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by sakjur on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:45AM (#39395358)
If we’re looking at a game that doesn’t use a lot of hardware resources like Candy Crush or Angry Birds, those could possibly run quite well as a PWA?
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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by lxgr on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:38PM (#39402635)
In particular, all game streaming services (Geforce Now, Xbox Game Pass etc.) have until very recently needed to exist as PWAs since Apple would not let them into the App Store.

The crucial PWA feature here is being able to display them in full screen, without Safari's navigation bar.

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Re:Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on... by NorwegianDude on Friday February 16, 2024 @06:21PM (#39404358)
Some games work really well as a PWA. Acquiring users is much cheaper too compared to an app.
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