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by roblabla 2273 days ago
Apple is actively refusing to implement the standard for installable webapps (PWA). So, Apple is intentionally crippling a feature on the grounds of privacy with no possible remedy.

This decision comes from an actor that is protecting their business interests. It might have some positive side-effect for some users, and of course Apple will spin it that way. But in the end Apple is very agressively hampering the web's progress to get their sweet 30% cut.
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tomnipotent 2273 days ago
Can you link me to a standard? I checked the W3C, and other than the disparate API's used by PWA's I don't see a "PWA standard" anywhere.
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roblabla 2272 days ago
The standard is called "web app manifest". You can find it at https://w3c.github.io/manifest/.

Note that Apple does support PWA to some degree. My understanding is that they don't support onbeforeinstallprompt, which means you can't create an ergonomic, in-browser installation flow. You have to manually go in the browser menu to find an "Add to Homescreen" button, or something along those lines.

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