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> I want the Web to be a first-class app platform for mobile phones as much as anyone. So did Apple. But a massive amount of developers wanted native apps - a
by sbuk 5y ago
> I want the Web to be a first-class app platform for mobile phones as much as anyone.
So did Apple. But a massive amount of developers wanted native apps - a lot of them here. Don't forget that, at the time, Apple wasn't the behemoth it is today - far from it. I'm guessing it was an either/or descision at the time.
- mthoms 5y agoYour point may have been true around the late 2000's and early 2010's. But there's no way Apple of today lacks the resources to make Safari better. That's what's so frustrating. It's very obviously a conscious decision to let it languish in order to push people towards native (and Apple's 30% cut).
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y agoIt might almost be time for Apple to step up to the browser-wars plate and push W3C standards like they push privacy.
- sbuk 5y agoRhetorically, why kill the golden goose?
- mthoms 5y agoBecause the open web is possibly mankind's greatest advancement in the last 30 (or so) years. Intentionally crippling its continued advancement in the interest of greed is repugnant. Yeah I know, its a moral argument not a business one. But, Apple does market itself as a highly moral, socially conscious, and highly progressive company. Maybe one day they will do the right thing. A guy can dream.