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[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 36 points 8 months ago

While good, not great that they were threatened in the first place.

[-] AlgonquinHawk@lemmy.ml 34 points 8 months ago

Definitely a tantrum reaction. Apple hates being told what to do.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

Good. It was a stupid shortsighted decision to begin with. You have to wonder who within Apple came up with the idea to begin with.

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

It wasn't a shortsighted decision, it was just retaliation.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Web apps are a great way for Apple to cut App Store overhead and poor quality listings. Being able to refuse copycat apps, and things that are obviously just app wrappers around a website by telling the dev to “ship it as a web app instead” gives Apple an out.

It also means they can point to web apps as App Store competition, giving them ammo to fight off “monopoly” claims.

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Yes, yet they decided to retaliate against the EU by cutting them.

[-] kirbowo808@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

If this is what Apple actually saying now and not bsing cuz being pressured to, whilst not actually doing it, then I think this is a good huge step esp for software freedom and having to rely less on Apple’s unnecessary strict App Store rules.

this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2024
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