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I think Hanlon's razor applies here. A lot of people will be slating Apple for sabotaging non-native apps, but it's really just a bug.

• benologist 16y ago
  Yes, it's bug #108978: Can't figure out where to extract 30% of revenue from.
  • alextgordon 16y ago
    How does making app store apps slower increase apple's revenue?
    • thought_alarm 16y ago
      That's the beauty of conspiracy theories: they don't have to make any sense.
      • statictype 16y ago
        Missing the point. Apple doesn't and can't control web apps that are outside the App Store. They can control what goes into the App Store. Preventing web apps from performing on par with native apps will discourage development outside their controlled app store. I'm not saying that Apple is doing this, just that the conspiracy theory does make sense and even has prior art (see Microsoft and IE6)
      • alperakgun 16y ago
        web apps on home page and apps wrapped web components which still use html, js etc are punished. so it is not a conspiracy, it is a bug but if it is intentional by apple; it is a faux pas. welcome to ie6 in ios; intentional punishment of web apps to cut itunes cannibalization.
    • jrockway 16y ago
      It makes web apps (that work with any platform) slower, while native apps are not penalized. That increases Apple's revenue because it will encourage people to make native apps instead of web apps, which has a two-fold effect: one, they get 30% of the app's revenue, and two, you have to buy an iPhone to use it. I'm sure it's a bug, but if it's not, it's not really a bad thing for Apple.
      • alextgordon 16y ago
        The issue affects UIWebView, which means it affects native apps too. Not quite to the same extent, naturally, but the issue is there. Perhaps Apple crippled UIWebView as some kind of plausible deniability, so that they could go about their evil ways. /s
        • jrockway 16y ago
          Does Apple really want "native apps" that are really wrappers around web content they don't control?
          • yaix 16y ago
            That sort of app would be called a "web browser".
            • cookiecaper 16y ago
              Right, and does Apple allow alternate web browsers? Last I knew they disapproved anything that competed with an iPhone built-in app, like Google Voice, which duplicated phone functionality.
              • paxswill 16y ago
                Yep. A couple I know off the top of my head are iCab and Opera.
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