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That’s revisionism. When the iPhone first came out, apps weren’t a thing. Jobs advocated for PWA (he didn’t want apps), but people complained about performance.
by colejohnson66 6y ago
That’s revisionism. When the iPhone first came out, apps weren’t a thing. Jobs advocated for PWA (he didn’t want apps), but people complained about performance. So Apple added the App Store with iPhone OS 2.0.
- studius 6y ago> apps weren’t a thing Yes and no. iPhone apps weren't a thing until they were, but there were Brew apps[1], Symbian apps[2], Blackberry apps[3], Palm apps[4], etc. [1]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Runtime_Environment_for_Wireless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Runtime_Environment_for... [2]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian [3]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_World [4]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_OS
- colejohnson66 6y agoTrue true. But I was talking about just iPhone apps