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Open Letter to Tim Cook: Sabotaging Web Apps Is Indefensible (letter.open-web-advocacy.org)

submitted 1 year ago by libreom@lemmings.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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We need to exert more pressure on apple and eu to not remove PWAs. Every signature counts, please sign and share EU has already started a preliminary investigation on this http://archive.today/2024.02.26-223134/https://www.ft.com/content/d2f7328c-5851-4f16-8f8d-93f0098b6adc

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[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (31 children)

The problem is the only alternative (on phones) is handing over all my data to Google, the world’s largest ad company. I’m not sure that’s better…

Desktop is easy. Install Linux. But on phones, there’s 2 bad realistic choices.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago (25 children)

You don't have to install Gapps though.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago (22 children)

If you skip GApps & install a custom ROM, chances are banking & government apps won’t work… & you see some places removing their websites forcing users into the app duopoly… which is why web apps matter.

[–] goatmeal@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FWIW I've got grapheneOS without google play services on a financial profile, and all of my financial apps work including: -Two credit card apps -Bank app -Three investing apps -Two direct transfer apps

One of the credit cards apps (amex) does give a "warning" on each page that it needs play services to function but if I click Ok it actually still just works.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You are also locked to a Pixel device so GG if you want features Pixels do not offer

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