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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@brucelawson @owa Wow.

Just, wow.

It's 2025, and after everything Apple has done over the past few years[1], it's really trying the "web apps exist, so you don't have to regulate the app store"?

Cupertino takes everyone else for goldfish, idiots, or fools.

[1]: https://infrequently.org/2024/02/home-screen-advantage/

Apple's trying to claim, after trying to kill web apps in a fit of pique last year, that they are a reason the App Store doesn't need to be regulated: "the App Store competes strongly with the numerous alternative channels and transaction platforms through which iOS and iPadOS users can and do transact for digital goods and services. These include transactions on alternative devices (such as other mobile devices, PCs, game consoles, media player devices and smart TVs), web apps,"