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> Apple doesn’t like webapps because they’re a threat to the App Store ecosystem Steve Jobs in 2010: >"We have two platforms we support. One is completely ope

> Apple doesn’t like webapps because they’re a threat to the App Store ecosystem Steve Jobs in 2010: >"We have two platforms we support. One is completely open and uncontrolled and that is HTML 5. We support HTML 5. We have the best support for HTML 5 of anyone in the world. We then support a curated platform, which is the App Store." https://web.archive.org/web/20100605065858/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20006519-501465.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100605065858/http://www.cbsnew... They've been pointing out that you can do anything you like through the web since the App Store was new.

afavour 6y ago
Just because Steve Jobs said it doesn’t make it true. Apple have lagged behind webapp standards for years. Even with the release of iOS 14.5 there are no notes about changes in the browser, despite there being a bunch. Claiming Apple fully support the web because of something a former CEO said in a marketing presentation over a decade ago just doesn’t work.