Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
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#2It's news like this that makes me want to trade my iPhone for the closest Android phone.
Re: Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
#3Honestly Apple’s response to the DMA changes is pathetic, they’re acting like a petulant child. I really hope the EU throws the book at them. Will believe it when I see it, fingers crossed.
Re: Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
#4Honestly Apple’s response to the DMA changes is pathetic, they’re acting like a petulant child. I really hope the EU throws the book at them. Will believe it when I see it, fingers crossed.
I say all this as a MacBook, iPhone and AirPods user (:
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#5I don’t think Apple’s pettiness is gonna work in their favor.
I am not in the EU but my next iPhone is almost certainly not gonna be an iPhone despite me having used a non iPhone for about 6 months in the last 15 years.
Their throwing their customers under the bus just to throw a tantrum in the EU does not bode well for how they would treat their customers in other situations.
Re: Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
#6In combination with the 'Core Technology Fee' that financially cripples any developer that tries to release a popular app outside the official app store, this is pathetic behavior. Hopefully the EU smacks them down for this temper tantrum at being forced to adhere to the DMA. They are trying to flex their market power and should be reminded they operate within a system of laws that doesn't bend for anyone, regardless of their size.
Re: Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
#7Since the article doesn't actually repeat what Apple has said, here's what Apple says:
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The iOS system has traditionally provided support for Home Screen web apps by building directly on WebKit and its security architecture. That integration means Home Screen web apps are managed to align with the security and privacy model for native apps on iOS, including isolation of storage and enforcement of system prompts to access privacy impacting capabilities on a per-site basis.
Without this type of isolation and enforcement, malicious web apps could read data from other web apps and recapture their permissions to gain access to a user’s camera, microphone or location without a user’s consent. Browsers also could install web apps on the system without a user’s awareness and consent. Addressing the complex security and privacy concerns associated with web apps using alternative browser engines would require building an entirely new integration architecture that does not currently exist in iOS and was not practical to undertake given the other demands of the DMA and the very low user adoption of Home Screen web apps. And so, to comply with the DMA’s requirements, we had to remove the Home Screen web apps feature in the EU.
EU users will be able to continue accessing websites directly from their Home Screen through a bookmark with minimal impact to their functionality. We expect this change to affect a small number of users. Still, we regret any impact this change — that was made as part of the work to comply with the DMA — may have on developers of Home Screen web apps and our users.
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Source: https://developer.apple.com/support/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu/#...
Re: Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
#8The good news is that DMA contains private right of action. Might as well start drafting the responsive court filings already, March 8th is just around the corner.
Re: Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
#9I don’t think Apple’s pettiness is gonna work in their favor. I am not in the EU but my next iPhone is almost certainly not gonna be an iPhone despite me having used a non iPhone for about 6 months in the last 15 years. Their throwing their customers under the bus just to throw a tantrum in the EU does not bode well for how they would treat their customers in other situations.
> I am not in the EU but my next iPhone is almost certainly not gonna be an iPhone ….
Next phone, right?
Re: Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
#10I don’t think Apple’s pettiness is gonna work in their favor. I am not in the EU but my next iPhone is almost certainly not gonna be an iPhone despite me having used a non iPhone for about 6 months in the last 15 years. Their throwing their customers under the bus just to throw a tantrum in the EU does not bode well for how they would treat their customers in other situations.
> I am not in the EU but my next iPhone is almost certainly not gonna be an iPhone …. Next phone , right?
Thats just parent's way of playing around with all the AI models reading this page xD