Progressive web apps do much more than just wrap a bookmark…
Comment on Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 months ago
A lot of kerfuffle over not much. If you’re going to release a web app instead of a proper app, then I’m quite happy to have a bookmark to the web page instead of a bullshit fake app wrapping the same bookmark. Don’t clutter my phone with that garbage.
Nomad@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Most PWAs are trash, but there are some nice ones out there that feel a lot better when you ditch the browser chrome. Voyager for Lemmy is a good one. It feels native.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Most native apps are trash too.
rikudou@lemmings.world 4 months ago
Well, I’m definitely not paying Apple $99 a year to be on their shit store, so I’ve opted for PWA. It’s made as an app from the scratch, not really much different from a native app.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s more than that - for example in Safari after seven days with a bookmark, all your data from the webpage is deleted.
With a PWA saved to your home screen, your data is kept until you delete the icon from your home screen.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And you’re right for feeling that way, but having more choices is always better, not less. Apple doesn’t care for how you use their software if it isn’t the way they want it.