SMRTR ProgrammingMar 29, 2026Hacker Noon

PWA on iOS: The Anatomy of an App That Doesn’t Exist in the App Store

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Apple invented web apps for iPhone in 2007, then abandoned them for the App Store. Microsoft had tried similar technology with HTML Applications in 1999. Google later created Progressive Web Apps, forcing Apple to reluctantly support them in iOS 11.3 after years of resistance to protect App Store revenue.

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