iOS 17.4 Beta 3 is out and PWAs are still broken in...

iOS 17.4 Beta 3 is out and PWAs are still broken in the EU. It's looking like Apple is going to break web apps and try to blame regulators. We can't let that happen, so now's a great time to join @owa and help push back.

This timely post has all the background:

https://gamesfray.com/apple-effectively-kills-numerous-browser-games-in-the-eu-unprecedented-slap-in-the-face-of-tech-regulation/

Like 13 February at 22:18 | Open on toot.cafe

3 comments

Alex Russell

@owa For more than a week, web developers have held their fire, assuming Apple might have a new (extremely belated) solution in the works, and Cupertino never talks about anything, so why would this be different?

That silence has gone from "disappointingly ineffective" to "epic self-own". This is a brazen attempt by Apple to sink the competition and claim they were forced to by those DMA meanies.

Time's up. We have to understand silence as an attempt to normalise the indefensible.

13 February at 22:29 | Open on toot.cafe

Stefan Arentz

@slightlyoff @owa I’m sure they can produce some evidence that usage of PWAs was so low that they can’t justify the engineering work that needs to go into it.

Has anyone ever seen a popular PWA that is widely in use on any platform? I understood that even on Android it was just a tiny blip on the radar.

13 February at 22:34 | Open on mastodon.social

Alex Russell

@st3fan @owa We have tons of use on Windows and Android.

13 February at 22:37 | Open on toot.cafe