
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Apple understands that the web is a reach platform, and that its Achilles heel is a failure to deliver everywhere. Maintaining a hard cap on web capabilities is strategic.
If developers could just build a single compelling experience from a single code-base, they wouldn't need Apple's distribution channel, which would mean they wouldn't need to pay Apple taxes.
And this is why Apple's fighting @owa tooth and nail, going as far as to fund astroturf "developer" groups and mislead regulators.