Source: thenewstack.io
Apple’s Browser Engine Ban Is Holding Back Web App InnovationCategory: Privacy, Microsoft, android, ios, apple
Prominent Apple blogger John Gruber kicked off a firestorm on Twitter when he suggested recently that web developers “should not be trying to create a ‘native like app’ in a web browser.” Gruber said this in relation to increasing criticism of Apple for not allowing competing browser engines on its iOS platform.
Where Gruber’s argument against the web as an application platform comes into play is with the arrival of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android in the late 2000s.
The problem is, whereas Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have all fully committed to advancing the web as a platform, Apple doesn’t want to erode the popularity of its iOS platform.
What Gruber conveniently failed to mention is that Apple’s banning of third-party browser engines on iOS is repressing innovation in web apps.
Where Gruber’s argument against the web as an application platform comes into play is with the arrival of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android in the late 2000s.
The problem is, whereas Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have all fully committed to advancing the web as a platform, Apple doesn’t want to erode the popularity of its iOS platform.
What Gruber conveniently failed to mention is that Apple’s banning of third-party browser engines on iOS is repressing innovation in web apps.
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