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Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge::Apple will no longer support web apps in the European Union in iOS 17.4. The company says building the feature would be “impractical” on top of the other changes it’s been asked to make.

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 42 points 7 months ago

They can't have a good excuse, as Android supports both Web apps and alternate browser engines. So it's clearly just revenge at the EU.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 25 points 7 months ago

So basically this is just apple getting stuck over their insistence to not allow additional web browsers on their iOS devices (if you install chrome/etc it's just a skin over the safari web engine).

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Absurd.

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago

So fucking annoying to see support for PWAs diminish. We can’t fucking have nice things.

Yes, I am mad.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Apple is officially axing support for progressive web apps for iPhone users located in the European Union.

While web apps have been broken for EU users in every iOS 17.4 beta so far, Apple has now confirmed that this is a feature, not a bug.

In an update to its developer website spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple says it’s removing homescreen apps for users in the EU because bringing them into compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) would involve “an entirely new integration architecture” that’s “not practical” to build on top of the other changes it’s been forced to make.

In its post, Apple argues that web apps are built “directly on WebKit” — the engine used by Safari — allowing web apps to “align with the security and privacy model for native apps on iOS.” With the change to iOS 17.4, websites added to the homescreen now act only as bookmarks that open a new tab in your browser, rather than (potentially) standalone services capable of doing things like sending notifications and showing badges, a feature Apple just added to web apps last year.

Progressive web apps on iOS are also capable of storing data separately from your browser instance, which comes in handy if there’s a site you want quick access to and don’t want to keep signing in.

“Still, we regret any impact this change — that was made as part of the work to comply with the DMA — may have on developers of Home Screen web apps and our users.” Apple cites “very low user adoption” of homescreen apps as another reason for the lack of support.

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