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It could also be strategic. A more capable web browser along with better PWA support, could be an offering to the EU to settle app store monopoly issues. Apple

It could also be strategic. A more capable web browser along with better PWA support, could be an offering to the EU to settle app store monopoly issues. Apple could say they have made it so easy to install quality apps from the web there is no need to mandate alternative stores.

bonestamp2 3y ago
On this same point, if they don't keep up with PWA support, they risk getting left behind by application developers. So, they have multiple incentives to invest in Safari.
- ComputerGuru 3y ago
  > they risk getting left behind by application developers There is literally, for now, zero risk of that. companies will have devs meet the customers where they are at. Of the largest mobile market share platform in the USA doesn’t support PWA or only supports it without features the company requires, said company will build an iOS app. As has been the case.
- troupo 3y ago
  > if they don't keep up with PWA support, they risk getting left behind by application developers. Application developers will not go anywhere, for many reasons: - iOS is where the money's at - PWAs are not "apps". They are web apps with all the limitations it implies. You want complex functionality, rich controls, fluid animations and a billion other things? You go for native apps.
sccxy 3y ago
iOS PWA support is getting worse and worse with every release... iOS 16.4 added new wake lock api but it does not work in PWA. Still not fixed in iOS 17.2 iOS 17 removed dark/light mode switching in PWA. Still broken in iOS 17.2