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I just wish apple would finally support push notifications for PWAs: https://caniuse.com/#search=push%20api

A lot of use-cases like e.g. chat apps, depend on that kind of technology.

This will happen as late as possible as it’d provide an alternative to a large chunk of native apps (so no way to charge the Apple tax).

The Apple tax is what exactly, in this case?

The 30% cut when selling on the Apple App Store.

Don't they take a 30% cut from in-app purchases? I would assume many would try to get around that with a progress web app.

Yes, for instance YT or Spotify subscriptions would cost you 30% more when purchases via IAP.

Spotify is NOT ok with that (I think they disabled IAP). However, Google does allow for that.

Protip: Tapping `<button/>` elements is 23% cheaper than tapping `UIButton`s, which is something I realised looking at my YT bill one day.

Supporting web push would make Apple responsible for sending all kinds of malware and spam down their pipe. Anyone can access the push service, authenticated by Safari. I think it would look bad for their brand to have notification spam under the "Safari" logo.

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