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Maybe I don’t get it? I look at the list of features Apple is removing and they all seem like things I wouldn’t want a web browser to have to begin with.
by throwawa14223 3y ago
Maybe I don’t get it? I look at the list of features Apple is removing and they all seem like things I wouldn’t want a web browser to have to begin with.
- the_gipsy 3y agoJust look at the timing. And there is a simple solution too: just offer multiple browsers in the appstore.
- Sander_Marechal 3y agoIt's not about browsers. It's about OS APIs that browsers need to support PWAs. Apple is killing those APIs so that other browsers cannot offer PWAs.
- the_gipsy 3y agoThat's what I meant: they could continue offering safari as a "basic web browser" but allow actual web browsers in the appstore, that can fully implement any web APIs.
- throwawa14223 3y agoThis is probably not accurate given I was mistaken above but I thought that's what Apple was doing. You can load any browser but some OS APIs are going away.
- m1el 3y agoNot a browser, but a PWA. It's a web page, which you can "install" as an "app". Features like storage, background tasks and notifications are important for many applications, for example a messenger. These were available, and there is a market for those, but Apple has decided to kill that market.
- throwawa14223 3y agoThat makes a ton more sense thank you.
- azangru 3y ago> I look at the list of features Apple is removing and they all seem like things I wouldn’t want a web browser to have to begin with. If only Apple just removed them from Safari, and allowed other browsers to compete...