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Apple has decided to remove Progressive web apps from iOS in EU. If you have a business in the EU or serve EU users via Web App/PWA, we must hear from you in the next 48 hours!

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[–] dan@upvote.au 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

insecure piece of trash

Websites are more tightly sandboxed and more secure than native apps.

you gotta go to its url in the browser instead of clicking the app.

PWAs are more than just an app icon. "PWA" also means usage of particular APIs such as allowing the web app to work offline.

[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not gonna get into a back and forth over pwa security. It’s worth noting that offline pwa hasn’t worked on iOS for at least a year and two major versions of the os.