QuirksBlog: Apple is not evil. iPhone developers are stupid.
PPK offers a rebuttal to Paul Graham's attack on Apple's App Store policies by placing the blame firmly at the feet of developers who refuse to embrace web technologies.
15 Years Ago, Apple’s App Store Changed Everything. Now It Needs a Reboot.
Whereas I used to get excited about a new app on my iPhone, I now often resent being asked to download an app when I know that the website will work just as well and cause fewer disruptions or take up less space on my phone.
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A pretty sweet push notification solution for mobile Safari
An entire generation of apps-that-should-have-been web pages has sprung up, often shoehorned into supposedly cross-platform frameworks that create a subpar user experience sludge. Nowhere is this more true than for media — how many apps from newspapers or magazines have you installed, solely for a very specific purpose like receiving breaking news alerts? How many of those apps are just wrappers around web views? How many of those apps should have been web pages?
Are apps even that relevant anymore? | Tiny Projects
In most cases, a great mobile website does the trick. You don’t need an app, or the app store. We already have a pretty great app store and you’re browsing it right now.
Why BaseCamp & Hey.com are Wrong About the Apple App Store
I feel for BaseCamp, I do. But give up on the native app path. Make sure your existing web interface is a good progressive web app and you can end-run around Apple.
Altering expectations by improving PWA on iOS | Responsive Web Design
Justin responds to a post of mine which was itself a response to a post by Luke.
I love having discussions like this!
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Apple’s policy of locking browser updates to operating system updates is bad for the web and bad for the planet.
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As mobile and desktop operating systems converge, Apple’s hypocritical browser policy becomes clearer and clearer.