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Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Apple being Apple again. Just why does anyone actually like that company?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

How will this affect the Lemmy client Voyager? Is it considered a web app? My understanding was that it was.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As far as I know, it is a web app, meaning it could no longer be installed and will only work as a bookmark that opens your default browser.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No? It’s in the App Store! https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762 This PWA charge will only affect websites that you pin to your Home Screen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah didn't know it was in the App Store now. Good. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

been there since the Reddit Exodus or shortly after

Edit: ok I looked into my app history, installed Mlem on 22.07.23 and Voyager on 17.09.23, felt like a week in my memory.. But Voyager is not new in the iOS Appstore and IMHO was one of the best Lemmy Apps for iOS since launch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

It definitely wasn’t there during the exodus. IIRC, there were also some features missing from it when it hit the App Store too, so the web app was still the better choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It is, they have an official app store app as well though. However I find mlem to be a smoother experience, particularly scrolling, and it tends to keep its position when being backgrounded better than memmy and voyager.