Epic CEO Claims Apple Deliberately Broke iPhone Web Apps to Protect App Store Revenue, Not Just Over Security Concerns
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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney suggests Apple broke iPhone web apps in the EU to quash a threat to its App Store business, not just for security reasons.
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Apple claims it had to break web apps in EU to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and allow 3rd-party browsers, posing a security risk.
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But Apple admits there's a technical solution, it just chose not to build "an entirely new integration architecture" needed to fix it.
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Sweeney argues alternate browser engines could make web apps serious competition for native apps, threatening Apple's revenue.
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Apple has been making progressive web apps (PWAs) more functional over time, so breaking them now contradicts claimed "low user adoption."