What's the chicken and what's the egg? Did apple go for web apps before or after the app store? Note: PWA's were after the app store fyi and I mostly use the

What's the chicken and what's the egg? Did apple go for web apps before or after the app store? Note: PWA's were after the app store fyi and I mostly use the web, not apps. In comparison, there aren't many SAAS with apps, eg. Azure, AWS Portal, ...