Quicker JavaScript performance on advanced web apps
Since when did Apple start caring about web apps. They always had the worst support for PWAs… to that point that things like the Notification API prevent a lot of would-be web apps were forced into iOS-specific apps or very ugly workarounds. Not saying a native app isn’t better, but it’s less work & more compatible to just rely on the browser (cross platform, even outside of the mainstream OSs) & its sandbox. With proprietary services, I pretty much always prefer keeping that experience in the browser’s sandbox (where I have easier access to ad/tracker blocking too). Ironic that Apple was the first to go after Adobe’s Flash (RIP Macromedia) for open web standards.
Seems that one of the bigger pushes here is integration with “Apple Intelligence” to win back users into going deeper into the walled gardens—which is why comparisons to Firefox are missing despite it hitting most of the points but won’t beat Apple at all metrics on their home turf (such as battery).
Since when did Apple start caring about web apps. They always had the worst support for PWAs… to that point that things like the Notification API prevent a lot of would-be web apps were forced into iOS-specific apps or very ugly workarounds. Not saying a native app isn’t better, but it’s less work & more compatible to just rely on the browser (cross platform, even outside of the mainstream OSs) & its sandbox. With proprietary services, I pretty much always prefer keeping that experience in the browser’s sandbox (where I have easier access to ad/tracker blocking too). Ironic that Apple was the first to go after Adobe’s Flash (RIP Macromedia) for open web standards.
Seems that one of the bigger pushes here is integration with “Apple Intelligence” to win back users into going deeper into the walled gardens—which is why comparisons to Firefox are missing despite it hitting most of the points but won’t beat Apple at all metrics on their home turf (such as battery).
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Everyone complained when apple said web apps were the way to make apps for the iPhone, and now we have the App Store.
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