There seems to be confusion about how, exactly, Apple keeps the web second-class on iOS. Understandable! It's the interplay of several interlocking effects. Let's examine them (thread).https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/1190665796717957120 …
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All of this has been done to preserve the linkage between proprietary OS/APIs, an exclusive software ecosystem, and the hardware sales that software ecosystem supports. The easiest iOS device sale is the upgrader who is worried about losing their software if they switch horses.
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If you're a web developer, this means that iOS -- the whole OS -- is the new IE6. Your CEO and wealthiest users won't switch off it, so it taxes everything you do. They also can't imagine the web being great because, for them, it isn't.
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If you make your living on the web, it's crucial to understand that Apple is *not on your side*. Every dollar you spend on iOS hardware is a vote against your future.
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A necessary addendum: don't take this out on the WebKit team. All of these decisions were made far above their pay-grade. They want a web that can work just as much as you do. Yes, they're Apple employees, but just as oppressed by this as the rest of us.
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Not disagreeing, just noting that certain apps allow you to choose a default app for web browsing, eg. Google apps and Reddit. Again I think there should be a system default chooser.pic.twitter.com/VSTkNE1WV1
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These apps *have* to do this because users can't effectively set a different default browser on iOS the way they can on MacOS, Windows, Android, Chrome OS, or Linux.
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How come they don't get hit by cases like this https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17580694/google-android-eu-fine-antitrust …? why does it apply to Google and Microsoft but not Apple?
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Market share. Google & Microsoft got hit for doing this crudely, and blatantly—Apple does two things differently: 1.) They don’t have anything near monopoly market share: they ONLY own the top of the market (where all the profits are). 2.) They do it obliquely (see thread above).
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Been thinking about this. 1. This has the upside of preventing the web to have a single provider in the form of Chromium. This is the last bastion of defense for diverse engines.
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2. It also slows down the standardization of fringe features that are done purely for Google’s needs and have no reason to be standardized.
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