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by chrisandchris 855 days ago
I understand your point, but it somewhat says that making awesome native apps is not even an option anymore.

I use Things (a todo app) daily. It was #1 of Design in the AppStore maybe already 5 years ago. I think it's a perfect example for a beautifully made native app. I really feel how the native behaviour workes so much smoother.

I would love for creators to somehow strive more for beautifully made apps instead of the fast profit.
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mzronek 855 days ago
Things is a great example for PWAs, because it does not exist on Android, Linux or Windows. It could be though, if it would be a PWA.

It is not and it seems like the developer focused its resources on native software for Apple products.

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chrisandchris 855 days ago
It could, yes. But the user experience and the amazing level of usability will degrade, and I would move to another product.
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radlad 855 days ago
And we've come full circle!

> But as a web dev community we need to stand firm and build PWAs regardless. If we treat pwas on iOS like we did Internet explorer (i.e. giving it special attention and hack solutions as opposed to just not developing for it) we will lose the fight.

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joking 855 days ago
Comeon, it’s a todo app, being native provides marginal benefits over its functionality.
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chrisandchris 855 days ago
Except that it feels smoother (the UI, animations, UX) instead of a web app, and is amazingly fast/reactive?
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brodock 855 days ago
No one wants to invest time and effort to develop for a platform that has a horrible review process. You have to invest multiple people's months worth of work without knowing if that particular snapshot of your app will offend the reviwer.

The lack of native apps is the App Store reviews process fault.

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wpm 855 days ago
And the only reason for that review is that Apple won’t let any software run on the platform. If Apple is the gatekeeper, any bad software that makes it through is their fault. They would never be able to keep up with it all or give private APIs a fair analysis, so they gatekeeper approvals and simply block anything they can’t vaguely autoanalyze.

The App Store revenue is a poison pill that will eventually start killing them. It’s already holding back their platforms, and the law can’t not bring down the hammer forever. The iPhone, iPad, Watch, and the Vision Pro would be truly remarkable platforms without the arbitrary, puritan rules.

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