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Sorry RDX for Reddit's EU users, you won't be able to add RDX web app (or any other PWA) to your home screen in the latest iOS update (rdx.overdevs.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Apple is removing PWA(progressive web apps) from EU Which means:

  1. Your subscribed subs will be removed if you don't use the app in the last 7 days - https://stackoverflow.com/a/76792560
  2. Your saved posts will be removed in the same way, and all other settings if you don't consistently use the website.
  3. You won't get the options I have added like a fixed header for standalone version.

So any PWA website that you currently use won't be able to store anything in your localstorage for more than 7 days after you visiting that website.

Reason: Apple confirms: It's killing home screen web apps in the EU

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I use iOS on a work phone and an iPad. PWA is nice on the iPad for connecting to web admin pages of devices/sytems (even better on the iPhone for just checking stuff). It's already frustrating that I can't force it for any web page, it has to be coded on the web server.

Bummer. But also another reason the iPad is a convenience device, and not a "working" device. The size and screen are great, battery life fantastic. But a Lenovo Yoga would blow it away (at 4x the cost).