Re:It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU
by amadeuspagel on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:26AM
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Most people just want to make apps for themselves. If you use an iOS device but not a Mac, there was no way to do that before web apps (which still offered a terrible dev experience, without debugging) and now there's again no way to do it.
Re:It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU
by d1sxeyes on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:36AM
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You could actually debug by connecting to a Mac running safari via USB. Not that it matters anymore.
Re:It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU
by stephenr on Saturday February 17, 2024 @09:03AM
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I’m not debating why someone wants to develop it.
I’m saying that making a web app is not “developing for iOS”. It’s developing for the web.
Re:It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU
by Turing_Machine on Saturday February 17, 2024 @11:52AM
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> Most people just want to make apps for themselves.
"Most people"? Really?
Most people wouldn't recognize real source code if you tattooed it on them, much less have any desire to write code for themselves.
Re:It’s Official, Apple Kills Web Apps in the EU
by szasamasa on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:45AM
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had the ability... he did not mention specifically
and yes, with web apps you can develop for iOS too, one code base for all
and whether it is criminal, sadly, must be determined on court... the DMA explicitly supports web apps without rstrictions, so in the enfd it can turn out to be literally criminal what Apple does
The whole point of the web is that it is cross platform. That isn't a negative thing it's a positive, but calling it "develop for iOS" is arguably disingenuous.