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Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by KingMob on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @09:24AM (#41235218)
> We have AppStore for the hundreds of thousands of apps that cannot be implemented using web tech.

These are not disconnected, though. The web COULD be made to support more of these use cases, but Apple wouldn't be able to collect 30% of the profits. Safari was a laggard for many years while the App Store was being entrenched.

Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by troupo on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @09:36AM (#41235320)
> The web COULD be made to support more of these use cases

No, it couldn't

> but Apple

Apple has nothing to do with the fact that the web can barely render a page of static text and images without stutter. Almost every single app made with web technologies is a slow bloated abomination barely capable of doing a few primitive things right. And those that aren't have insane amounts of effort poured into them.

If you believe that Apple has something to do with it, why isn't there a flood of amazing smooth native-like apps on Android where none of the real or perceived limitations exist? Why is there a Google Play store with hundreds of thousands of apps?

Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by meiraleal on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:40AM (#41235931)
oh you think your shitty swift app is any better?
Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by troupo on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:48PM (#41239015)
Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by lenkite on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:52PM (#41237710)
There are a truck load of crappy SwiftUI apps that make your average bloated web app look like lean, FTL starships. They stutter so much with broken animations that you are afraid that your phone had a stroke.
Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by troupo on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:47PM (#41239006)
And crappy Swift apps invalidate my point how exactly?

Note how you addressed nothing I wrote.

Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by meiraleal on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @04:00PM (#41239156)
Your argument that almost every web app is bloated is dumb. Where did you get that data from? Based on what you say the native apps aren't as bloated? You are talking out of your A.
Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by troupo on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:48PM (#41240213)
Thank you for confirming that there's no point in engaging in a conversation with you.

Adieu.

Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by lenkite on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @08:25PM (#41241306)
> Note how you addressed nothing I wrote.

Not sure what to address in your post since only your contempt against the web was of especial note. There are more apps in the Android Play Store than the iOS App Store. There are also third party app stores offered by Amazon, Samsung, including OSS ones like F-Droid. So..I am not sure what point you were trying to make, sorry.