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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by skydhash on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:31PM (#39783297)
But the other farms are suitable for cows and goats, not sheep. And some do have cows and goats over there, but you're the only farm which is suitable for sheep.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by multimoon on Thursday March 21, 2024 @04:43PM (#39784156)
What type of farm animal is only suitable for the App Store?
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by skydhash on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:08PM (#39784433)
iOS apps to use on the iPhone. If you want an app on the iPhone, you have to go through the App Store unless you make it a PWA which is not suitable for a lot of use cases. You can’t run Android Apps on the iPhone and there’s no alternative App Store.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by goosejuice on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:04PM (#39786383)
Very importantly, Apple support of PWA is poor. Here lies the biggest issue for developers and startups.

High cost for web apps to support iPhone users who expect an app like experience. Android on the other hand makes this very easy in comparison.

Try asking your apps iphone users to go to the share button on safari to install the app.

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