While good, not great that they were threatened in the first place.
this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2024
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Definitely a tantrum reaction. Apple hates being told what to do.
Good. It was a stupid shortsighted decision to begin with. You have to wonder who within Apple came up with the idea to begin with.
It wasn't a shortsighted decision, it was just retaliation.
Web apps are a great way for Apple to cut App Store overhead and poor quality listings. Being able to refuse copycat apps, and things that are obviously just app wrappers around a website by telling the dev to “ship it as a web app instead” gives Apple an out.
It also means they can point to web apps as App Store competition, giving them ammo to fight off “monopoly” claims.
Yes, yet they decided to retaliate against the EU by cutting them.
How was it shortsighted? The only reason they made the decision in the first place was because they felt they were legally obligated to do so? It’s only staying as is because it turns out they’re not.
Edit: I don’t know why people are downvoting. The parent comment and reply to my comment are objectively incorrect.
They were not legally obligated to disable PWAs. They did that as retaliation for having to allow third party browser engines in the EU.
That’s not true, though. The way that PWAs render and run is different from the way they run inside of an app like a browser. Because they were required to allow different browser engines, it seems Apple initially thought that meant they needed to allow PWAs to run via different engines too, hence the initial stance. Based on the law, as written, It’s completely reasonable for them to interpret it that way. Since that’s not the case, they’re not changing the current PWA implementation.
If this is what Apple actually saying now and not bsing cuz being pressured to, whilst not actually doing it, then I think this is a good huge step esp for software freedom and having to rely less on Apple’s unnecessary strict App Store rules.