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Re:A couple CSS tricks for HTML Dialog elements by spartanatreyu on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @06:32PM (#42705421)
They've purposefully underinvested in Safari to force developers to create native apps for their platforms where Apple makes a sizeable cut of all sales and subscriptions rather than allowing developers to create a web-app that could have done the same thing where the developers reap all the rewards for their work.

The only reason they had that burst of activity is that they needed to quickly catch up and save face in an attempt to prove to EU regulators that they weren't hampering developers.

The EU didn't buy it and forced Apple to open up their devices to allow alternate app stores and browsers on their devices in the EU.

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Re:A couple CSS tricks for HTML Dialog elements by FrostKiwi on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:30PM (#42707000)
> They've purposefully underinvested in Safari to force developers to create native apps for their platforms where Apple makes a sizeable cut

Can't speak to how accurate this is, but for WebXR, this hits the nail on the head. Purposeful stagnation on supporting it and thus indirectly bringing down the whole point of the standard, pushing of their own AppStore bound ARKit, and when they released Apple Vision Pro it's magically supported again, because I guess they needed content that badly.

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Re:A couple CSS tricks for HTML Dialog elements by lelandfe on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:41PM (#42707391)
They were specifically accused of this for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs, Apple calls them "home screen web apps") as well. They didn't fully implement features, and then hid the install button inside the share sheet.

Then they tried to disable them in the EU, lol https://mashable.com/article/apple-reverses-decision-home-sc...

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