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Web browsers.
by Silhouette 6y ago
Web browsers.
- scarface74 6y agoApple makes money from not allowing third party web browsers?
- Silhouette 6y agoOf course it does. Apple makes a huge amount of money from native apps. Apple also prevents web apps from competing with those native apps by restricting the capabilities in its browser and by not allowing anyone else to offer an alternative browser with more functionality.
- scarface74 6y agoSo there should be a large amount of successful web apps on Android?
- Apocryphon 6y agoSounds like it's more likely to happen on Android https://9to5google.com/2020/07/13/google-and-microsoft-pwa/ https://9to5google.com/2020/07/13/google-and-microsoft-pwa/ ...than on iOS https://www.cnet.com/news/google-web-app-plans-collide-with-apple-iphone-safari-rules/ https://www.cnet.com/news/google-web-app-plans-collide-with-...
- scarface74 6y agoSo this is going to be the year of the dominance of the web app after close to 15 years?
- Apocryphon 6y agoYou asked if there are a large amount of successful web apps on Android, I provided evidence that points to the likelihood of it happening on that platform over iOS, due to official first party interest and efforts and improving them. You're moving the goalposts, and arguing just for the sake of arguing.
- scarface74 6y agoYou said “more likely to happen” not “has happened”.
- Silhouette 6y agoThere are many successful web apps, period. Just not on iOS, if they need the "wrong" functionality.
- scarface74 6y agoWhere are these financial successful web apps?
- Silhouette 6y agoSorry, not going to respond further to obvious trolls.
- scarface74 6y agoIf Apple is holding back PWAs then you should be able to find some successful ones for the platform that has 85% of the market.
- saagarjha 6y agoApple makes an absolutely exorbitant amount of money from this, mostly from Google because Safari on iOS is essentially the only browser that matters on the platform and Google is willing to pay through the nose to get themselves in that prime spot. (We'll see if that amount lessens with iOS 14.)