You may have seen these links in the latest edition of the excellent Frontend Focus, but thought this might be useful reading for anyone working on PWA's or web apps with Hype. The gist is that Apple is pushing folks away from full screen web apps on iOS due to security concerns with alternate browser engines, which are now supported in the EU:
Open Letter to Tim Cook: Sabotaging Web Apps is Indefensible — This seeks to halt upcoming changes to PWAs in iOS and Safari for users in the European Union. You can sign it too.
OPEN WEB ADVOCACY
Home Screen Advantage — Alex shares that Apple’s efforts to “maintain its home screen advantage” with these upcoming PWA changes is “a shocking attempt to keep the web from ever emerging as a true threat to the App Store”.
ALEX RUSSELL OPINION
Ionic: A Note on iOS 17.4 and PWAs — What the recent iOS changes mean for users of Ionic Apps.
MIKE HARTINGTON
So, What Exactly Did Apple Break in the EU?
THOMAS STEINER
Apple’s Decision to Drop iPhone Web Apps Comes Under Scrutiny
EMMA ROTH (THE VERGE)