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0 pointsagust2y ago0 comments

This is Apple's propaganda to try and save face. What happened is the EU stepped in and explained to them what the consequences of breaking the DMA would be.

Apple backed down, like they did a week ago with PWAs.

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ein0p2y ago

Correct me if I’m wrong but PWAs were only ever “broken” in beta versions of iOS, never in a release.

haltcatchfire2y ago

It was feature toggled without an update too.

agustOP2y ago

So? They removed them without any announcement for two weeks (hoping no one would notice), then officially announced it on their website when the backlash was growing.

They then backed down after Open Web Advocacy ran surveys, an open letter and the EU started a investigation.

ein0p2y ago

Why would they announce if it's a beta? For all we know it could have been a bug or something, or an unfinished attempt to change it in some ways. I'm having a hard time imagining Apple just willy nilly nuking a fairly prominent feature many people use. Including myself, by the way.

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Aloisius2y ago

> Apple backed down, like they did a week ago with PWAs.

Eh. Backing down would be Apple allowing non-WebKit browsers to run PWAs.

agustOP2y ago

They had entirely removed support for PWAs. Putting them back was backing down. They will have to open them to other engines eventually.

bigfudge2y ago

It’s not clear that’s the case. Speculation on the HN thread when it happened was that there had been back channel talk with the EU to clarify that this wouldn’t be the case.

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ein0p2y ago

Correct me if I’m wrong but PWAs were only ever “broken” in beta versions of iOS, never in a release.

haltcatchfire2y ago

It was feature toggled without an update too.

agustOP2y ago

So? They removed them without any announcement for two weeks (hoping no one would notice), then officially announced it on their website when the backlash was growing.

They then backed down after Open Web Advocacy ran surveys, an open letter and the EU started a investigation.

ein0p2y ago

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Aloisius2y ago

> Apple backed down, like they did a week ago with PWAs.

Eh. Backing down would be Apple allowing non-WebKit browsers to run PWAs.

agustOP2y ago

They had entirely removed support for PWAs. Putting them back was backing down. They will have to open them to other engines eventually.

bigfudge2y ago

It’s not clear that’s the case. Speculation on the HN thread when it happened was that there had been back channel talk with the EU to clarify that this wouldn’t be the case.

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