Apple officially removes support for progressive web apps in the EU

16 February 2024
Citing security risks, and the work being unpractical to undertake given the low user adoption.

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Darth Caesium, 16 Feb 2024Apple needs to be severely punished and forced to allow thi... moreYour wrong. Apple must be forced to spin off hardware from services

    Europe laws, done by bunch of idiots. At the end we remain with monopoles (apple, meta, google) but much more bureaucracy. Useless

    This happens when u put women in charge not for their skills, but purely for their gender

      Anonymous, 16 Feb 2024A lot of work? Lol just buy a decent Samsung phone. It will... moreMaybe not Samsung specifically but any Android phone.

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        • Anonymous
        • PZs
        • 16 Feb 2024

        security will always be breached when connected to open system, the internet, the cyberspace

        even ... every brand has build their own proprietary network, in the end, they must connect to open system, so their customers can communicate through different networks

        this introduce vulnerability ... always ...

        but, the industries must be forced for their openess to have both unified and multiple system running on their devices

        the unified system like sim, 4g 5g 6g, usb, microxd, file system
        the multiple open system like audio video codec, internet browser, all file access even though its proprietaries such pdf psd dwg jpg docx xlsx tiff gif and much more

        using rasoning of low adoption and security to force to return to close system is totally wrong

          PatrickCzech, 16 Feb 2024I had a decent Samsung phone. It was called Galaxy S23+ but... moreThats probably why you swapped, you just have an android iphone at this point and their devices (like pixels) lack in a lot of quality of life areas.

          I'd have an iphone over a samsung or pixel device anyday.

            Anonymous, 16 Feb 2024A lot of work? Lol just buy a decent Samsung phone. It will... moreOr just dont buy a product from a company that constantly have issues and security flaws? I'd go xiaomi, oneplus, oppo, honor or Motorola over samsung for android (better devices, dont have constant issues that creep in every generation) and you wont get security issues like apple and samsung constantly (or any of the news and serious issues samsung is in in asia which GSM dont seem to track).

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              • Anonymous
              • Iby
              • 16 Feb 2024

              Malicious compliance strikes again

                potato4k, 16 Feb 2024Good for Apple. Meanwhile, the EU keeps turning a blind... moreSo its ok apple force you to stick with their ecosystem and will not deviate even when continental authority says its wrong but google pre installs chrome (WHICH YOU CAN COMPLETELY DISABLE FYI) and thats an issue? Hmmmmm......

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 6It
                  • 16 Feb 2024

                  Apple should just exit the EU and be done with it. This childish tantrums and malicious compliance is getting boring now. We have things to do.

                    Anonymous, 16 Feb 2024A lot of work? Lol just buy a decent Samsung phone. It will... moreI had a decent Samsung phone. It was called Galaxy S23+ but still I switched to iPhone 🤷‍♂️

                      Conveniently stopping things like the Samsung OS Web app demo. This is so wrong on so many levels

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                        • d@B
                        • 16 Feb 2024

                        "So when iOS 17.4 lands to the general public in March, users based in the European Union won't get progressive web apps anymore but rather the option to just add basic browser bookmarks on their home screens, which will open as a new tab in their respective browser."

                        This is not true. As you could use another browser (probably with Blink engine), you could also use that browser for PWAs...

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                          • rJ7
                          • 16 Feb 2024

                          potato4k, 16 Feb 2024Good for Apple. Meanwhile, the EU keeps turning a blind... moreSame as apple forces WebKit engine browser on all idevices even knowing that there are better browser engines than WebKit.

                            ""Apple says that making web apps comply with the EU's DMA involves a lot of work that's not practical to undertake, given web apps' low user adoption. ""

                            How come there is a lot of work if there are not a lot who use it ?
                            Thats again the cen so ring tactics

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                              • Anonymous
                              • LH6
                              • 16 Feb 2024

                              As an iPad user, iOS 17.4 gave me hope to finally use a decent browser (fking webkit is slow, laggy, etc), but Apple already screwed us with saying iPadOS is a "different OS" (even XCode, Apple's official programming app, doesn't see the difference between the two "different" operating systems, literary enabling the app to run on iPads is as simple as clicking a toggle...). But this crap with removing PWAs is just plain annoying thing they didn't have to do, but they want to. My next tablet is going to be Samsung, thank you Apple.

                                Good for Apple.

                                Meanwhile, the EU keeps turning a blind eye on the fact that Google FORCES OEMs to pre-install Chrome to get their devices certified.

                                  Darth Caesium, 16 Feb 2024Apple needs to be severely punished and forced to allow thi... moreWhy? Apple is not the only smartphone platform, nor the majority. There's Android where you can do what you want.

                                    Apple needs to be severely punished and forced to allow third-party apps and third-party browser engines. This is just ridiculous.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • rJ7
                                      • 16 Feb 2024

                                      At least they are allowing 3rd party browsers to work

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0cB
                                        • 16 Feb 2024

                                        A lot of work? Lol just buy a decent Samsung phone. It will take you only one day. From buying to setting up everything.

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