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> For all we know, the EU might be considering PWAs a thing completely orthogonal to DMA compliance, since they neither provide feature parity with native apps,

> For all we know, the EU might be considering PWAs a thing completely orthogonal to DMA compliance, since they neither provide feature parity with native apps, nor are they widely used (at least according to Apple's measurements). DMA wording made it very clear that it's about browser engine, not the browser product. And Safari is designated as a core platform service. > The gatekeeper shall not require end users to use, or business users to use, to offer, or to interoperate with, an identification service, a web browser engine or a payment service, or technical services that support the provision of payment services, such as payment systems for in-app purchases, of that gatekeeper in the context of services provided by the business users using that gatekeeper’s core platform services.

lxgr 3y ago
> DMA wording made it very clear that it's about browser engine, not the browser product. Yes, but nowhere does it say explicitly that that third-party browser engine has to also be capable of hosting PWAs. It's definitely a possible read of the DMA, but not the only plausible one, in my view.
- EMIRELADERO 3y ago
  It does: Clause 7 Article 6 of the DMA states: > The gatekeeper shall allow providers of services and providers of hardware, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same hardware and software features accessed or controlled via the operating system or virtual assistant listed in the designation decision pursuant to Article 3(9) as are available to services or hardware provided by the gatekeeper. > Furthermore, the gatekeeper shall allow business users and alternative providers of services provided together with, or in support of, core platform services, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same operating system, hardware or software features, regardless of whether those features are part of the operating system, as are available to, or used by, that gatekeeper when providing such services.

lxgr 3y ago

> DMA wording made it very clear that it's about browser engine, not the browser product. Yes, but nowhere does it say explicitly that that third-party browser engine has to also be capable of hosting PWAs. It's definitely a possible read of the DMA, but not the only plausible one, in my view.

EMIRELADERO 3y ago
It does: Clause 7 Article 6 of the DMA states: > The gatekeeper shall allow providers of services and providers of hardware, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same hardware and software features accessed or controlled via the operating system or virtual assistant listed in the designation decision pursuant to Article 3(9) as are available to services or hardware provided by the gatekeeper. > Furthermore, the gatekeeper shall allow business users and alternative providers of services provided together with, or in support of, core platform services, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same operating system, hardware or software features, regardless of whether those features are part of the operating system, as are available to, or used by, that gatekeeper when providing such services.