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> should be just freely accessible via the web Yes this is a significant hammer blow against native apps on iOS, but I don't think this would reduce cost for
by sublinear 4y ago
> should be just freely accessible via the web
Yes this is a significant hammer blow against native apps on iOS, but I don't think this would reduce cost for the consumer. I might be misunderstanding what you mean by "freely accessible" though. Definitely is more convenient for the same web app to be available everywhere.
- nine_k 4y agoFreely accessible as in not vetted by Apple. No approval process, no need to pay $100/year, no need to buy a Mac. (Also, gone would be the 30% Apple tax on "in-app" payments.)
- geysersam 4y agoNo need to maintain multiple versions of applications for different platforms.
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- ffritz 4y agoLet’s see if they still do want your $100 by requiring it for their Push Notifications API.
- yamtaddle 4y agoYou'll need an app-specific cryptographic key to connect to the push service, unless that's changed. And you'll need some system for registering and de-registering push tokens (unless that's also changed).
- dmitriid 4y ago> Yes this is a significant hammer blow against native apps on iOS Funny how this significant blow never happened on the world's most dominant OS where all the restrictions that HN loves to whine about don't exist.