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euyyn on July 27, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple’s refusal to support Progressive Web Apps is...

Well yeah, it's "if they wanted". Apple has the same incentive to not turn Safari into a viable app platform that Microsoft had with IE in the 90's.

fredsir on July 28, 2017 [–]

Maybe because they don't believe it's the best route to go for them and their users? I'm inclined to agree, although I'd like to see the open web succeed, but I will weep if I have to use web apps instead of native apps for anything that couldn't be a website.

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