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by illiarian
1175 days ago
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> So what exactly are you asking for here? I'm not asking. I'm telling, and quite clearly: ask three people, and you will have five answers as to what APIs people think PWAs can't live without. Because of this you will always have people scream "Apple is killing PWAs" because they don't support a yet another random API. And yet, see bullet point two in my original comment. |
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I like the "yet another random API" phrase. It creates the impression that PWA APIs are being generated fast and furious, and apple is trying very hard to keep up with all these "random" new APIs. Yet, the reality is that apple has for a long time deliberately crippled PWAs on their platform by not supporting just 4, crucial, old and fundamental APIs. I will list these for you:
- Background Sync
- Web Push
- Before Install Prompt and Installation Banner
- Background audio for PWAs
They do not have to implement any "yet another random API". Just those four. Everything else is a bonus, considering this is Apple's Safari (the new IE) we are talking about.