We need to exert more pressure on apple and eu to not remove PWAs. Every signature counts, please sign and share EU has already started a preliminary investigation on this archive.today/…/d2f7328c-5851-4f16-8f8d-93f0098b6…
They are not sabotaging "web apps" (aka websites), you just need to save the website to the homescreen if you want to use a web app, (this is both quicker and takes up less storage on your device so it is better for the end-user).
They are removing these "apps" from the appstore because they are not native apps.
Yes because what they are doing is just removing websites from the app-store. Other app-stores might add those websites to their store if they want but for the user it is almost always better to just save the website to their homescreen, which gives the exact same UX as previous web-apps but now you don't need to go to the app-store to download it, the app takes up no storage on your device and the web app can't access your privacy sensitive device IDs that might be used for cross-app tracking.
On android, my PWA that I developed for fun can go full screen and appear as though a browser isn’t wrapping the page
That is literally how I am using kbin.social right now even though it's just a website
I can send notifications, I can access the microphone and camera, I can do nearly everything you could expect an app to do
All of those are defined in the web spec as well so you wouldn't need an app for that (if apple implemented all of them, not sure if they have)
I can support offline mode
Your cached web page can do that too (even though most web pages don't because it's not a common usecase)
I can store data locally
Cookies have existed for much longer than the iPhone
uninstall my app at an OS level.
A website added to your home page basically acts like an app: it has an icon on your home screen and you can longpress > delete it just like apps
Badges might be the only valid complaint (I don't know if they are part of the web spec)
[Apple] is acting against the consumer.
Not sure how this is hurting the consumer. This has been announced many years ago and devs haven't been able to publish new or update old web apps for ages, so this change only applies to those very old apps still on the appstore.
“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”...
as he was engulfed in flames they started yelling at him to get down on the ground. They even drew their guns on the burning man before someone pushed them to get fire extinguishers to extinguish the fire.
Y’all have been tempting me with your declious looking bread. I realize a bread machine is going to make simple loafs and not the stuff that’s usually posted here, but curious on thoughts if they’re worth it?...
Yes it is extremely convenient. If you want even more convenience you can even buy full bread mix bags that have yeast / fat / seeds already added and you just add water. The bread that comes out using the mix is quite a bit better than regular and it's an easy way to rid animal products from a large part of your diet (if you eat a lot of bread like me)
There is also discord guilds for sharing cheats, which is very damaging to the massive fps games industry. If discord would be complicit why doesn’t valve or riot sue them?
Idk how you got to that conclusion. I’m trying to change my habit of googling coding problems because phind.com will 9/10 times have an answer faster and more accurate than if I googled it.
Tears Of The Kingdom Was Pirated 1 Million Times, Nintendo Claims In Lawsuit (kotaku.com)
New study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game items (patrickklepek.substack.com)
Once you hit middle school, the pressure to “fit in” hits. Naturally, this includes games now.
Open Letter to Tim Cook: Sabotaging Web Apps Is Indefensible (letter.open-web-advocacy.org)
We need to exert more pressure on apple and eu to not remove PWAs. Every signature counts, please sign and share EU has already started a preliminary investigation on this archive.today/…/d2f7328c-5851-4f16-8f8d-93f0098b6…
US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)
“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”...
Would you recommend a bread maker?
Y’all have been tempting me with your declious looking bread. I realize a bread machine is going to make simple loafs and not the stuff that’s usually posted here, but curious on thoughts if they’re worth it?...
Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks (techcrunch.com)
Meta and Microsoft ask EU to reject Apple's new app store terms (9to5mac.com)
Study finds anti-piracy messages backfire, especially for men (phys.org)
Excess protein consumption in western societies can lead to cardiovascular risks (www.nature.com)
They say MacDonald's is expensive now. Are any other chains still cheap/cheaper?
TIL about theBottlenecker.com - site for comparing CPUs and GPUs (thebottlenecker.com)
Today I stumbled across this site, which allows you to see whether your CPU and GPU are well paired, for various tasks....
What is something you do voluntarily to make other people‘s lives easier?
Can I use my Nintendo Switch in 20 years from now?
I am trying to choose between buying a Nintendo Switch or a Nintendo DS....
First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing Face ID data to break into bank accounts (www.tomsguide.com)
cross-posted from: lemmyf.uk/post/5813538...
OpenAI Wants to Eat Google Search's Lunch (gizmodo.com)
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