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0 pointscosmie4y ago0 comments

PWA are explicitly exempt from the data storage wipe behavior[1]. So there's that, at least. For now.

Although I agree that it's a fairly minor win in the grand scheme of how handicapped PWA's are on iOS. And like you said, the lack of install prompts and tucking away the PWA "installation" option in the share menu makes it less than intuitive and requires manual awareness efforts by devs[2].

[1] Last section of https://webkit.org/tracking-prevention/

[2] https://michaellisboa.com/blog/prompt-ios

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busymom04y ago

That’s only half true. PWA are exempt from data storage wipe behaviour only if they have been added to the Home Screen. And as your second article points out:

> It’s important to ensure that our iOS visitor is using Safari because iOS doesn’t permit other browsers to install our awesome PWA’s!

So if the user is using Firefox or Chrome etc browser, they can’t do it. And since all browsers have to use WKWebView, the limitation applies to all browsers. Apple has basically crippled other browsers with this anti competitive behaviour.

Spivak4y ago

I don’t get why so many tech people think that “allowing alternative browser engines” will do anything to change policy decisions made by Apple.

Like wish granted! You can now use Blink and V8 on iPhones! But…

* They still are required to delete website data after 7 days.

* They must distribute add-ones through the App Store.

* They still can’t run workers in the background because the browser is slept like any other app.

* They have to use Apple’s notification service like any other app.

* They can’t install things to the Home Screen because no other app can.

But yayyyy. Blink!

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