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I'm not sure who backed off here, Apple or DMA officials. Apple's argument was that they wouldn't be able to enforce some privacy and security restrictions, if

I'm not sure who backed off here, Apple or DMA officials. Apple's argument was that they wouldn't be able to enforce some privacy and security restrictions, if PWAs were running on a third-party browser engine. If DMA hadn't required PWAs to run on third-party browser engines, then Apple wouldn't have any concerns in the first place. From [0]: > “This support means Home Screen web apps continue to be built directly on WebKit and its security architecture, and align with the security and privacy model for native apps on iOS,” Apple explains today. [0] https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/01/apple-home-screen-web-apps-ios-17-eu/ https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/01/apple-home-screen-web-apps-io...

rejhgadellaa 3y ago
Nowhere in Apple's statement or anywhere else does it say that the EU agrees with this. It's just Apple announcing a plan. I can imagine them being like "we showed we'd be willing to kill PWAs entirely, so they surely will be OK with our olive branch here and let us keep our WebKit restriction in place for PWAs" But I'm not so sure. I certainly don't hope so. The EU isn't stupid. They very much capable enough to see Apple's shenanigans for what they are.
- judge2020 3y ago
  I have to imagine Apple is in direct talks with EU regulators and passed this change by them and provided enough reasoning to do so. They might have even gave a concession in some other part of the OS to get this behavior greenlit.
  - disgruntledphd2 3y ago
    I mean you'd think so, but my experience at another massive tech company during the GDPR transition period leads me to believe that this may not be the case.
- unglaublich 3y ago
  Yes, but they also are smart enough to realize that the public can be swayed by Apple's shenanigans, and that sometimes you have to act low-key to not get the public opinion against you in these turbulent social times.
  - pquki4 3y ago
    You think a small amount of PWA users getting affected by this actually matter to "public opinion". It is probably safe to say a random person on the street in EU doesn't know what PWA is.

rejhgadellaa 3y ago

Nowhere in Apple's statement or anywhere else does it say that the EU agrees with this. It's just Apple announcing a plan. I can imagine them being like "we showed we'd be willing to kill PWAs entirely, so they surely will be OK with our olive branch here and let us keep our WebKit restriction in place for PWAs" But I'm not so sure. I certainly don't hope so. The EU isn't stupid. They very much capable enough to see Apple's shenanigans for what they are.

judge2020 3y ago
I have to imagine Apple is in direct talks with EU regulators and passed this change by them and provided enough reasoning to do so. They might have even gave a concession in some other part of the OS to get this behavior greenlit.
- disgruntledphd2 3y ago
  I mean you'd think so, but my experience at another massive tech company during the GDPR transition period leads me to believe that this may not be the case.
unglaublich 3y ago
Yes, but they also are smart enough to realize that the public can be swayed by Apple's shenanigans, and that sometimes you have to act low-key to not get the public opinion against you in these turbulent social times.
- pquki4 3y ago
  You think a small amount of PWA users getting affected by this actually matter to "public opinion". It is probably safe to say a random person on the street in EU doesn't know what PWA is.