Apple backtracks on plans to get rid of web apps on iPhones in the EU

Apple has walked back its decision to remove home screen web apps in the European Union (EU). After initially blaming its decision to ditch them on the Digital Markets Act’s (DMA) requirement to ... Read More

Apple backtracks, won't remove progressive web apps in the EU after all ...

Back in mid-February, Apple announced that iOS 17.4 would remove support for progressive web apps in the EU. The company blamed this on the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which goes into effect ... Read More

Apple reverses decision about blocking web apps on iPhones in the EU ...

Full text of Apple’s update: Previously, Apple announced plans to remove the Home Screen web apps capability in the EU as part of our efforts to comply with the DMA. Read More

Apple's backtracking on plans to kill iPhone home screen web apps in ...

According to Apple's original plan, home screen web apps would be removed from any Apple device running iOS 17.4 in Europe. Apple said this was to comply with the EU's new Digital Markets Act (DMA ... Read More

Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU

Apple confirmed its plans to drop iOS web apps in the EU in February, a move that would severely limit their functionality by preventing them from sending push notifications and storing data. At ... Read More

Apple disables iPhone web apps in EU, says it’s too hard to comply ...

Apple is removing the ability to install home screen web apps from iPhones and iPads in Europe when iOS 17.4 comes out, saying it's too hard to keep offering the feature under the European Union's ... Read More

Apple changes course, will keep iPhone EU web apps how they are in iOS ...

Apple has changed its stance on allowing web apps on iPhones and iPads in Europe and will continue to let users put them on their home screens after iOS 17.4 arrives. Read More

Apple confirms it’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose

Well, it turns out it’s not a bug that broke iPhone web apps, also known as progressive web apps (PWAs), in the EU. Following developer complaints and press reports about how PWAs were no longer ... Read More

Apple’s decision to drop iPhone web apps comes under scrutiny in the EU

Apple’s decision to drop iPhone web apps comes under scrutiny in the EU The European Commission is collecting information from Apple on its decision to discontinue web apps in iOS 17.4. Read More