Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU

Re:Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU by lolinder on Friday March 01, 2024 @12:11PM (#39563917)

Given that reversing course here means "Home Screen web apps continue to be built directly on WebKit", this pivot doesn't actually contradict their claim that safely supporting PWAs from other engines was too much engineering work.

My hunch is that the initial change may have been performative, but it was likely performative for the EU regulators and not the customers. This pivot presumably means that the EU has now okayed browser engine lock in for PWAs.

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Re:Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU by elevatedastalt on Friday March 01, 2024 @12:14PM (#39563952)

That's a good point

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Re:Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU by masklinn on Friday March 01, 2024 @12:38PM (#39564311)

> My hunch is that the initial change may have been performative, but it was likely performative for the EU regulators and not the customers.

Funny I was thinking the exact opposite: they floated it in case PWA removal got people to complain about the EU.

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