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I see. The risk of Apple crippling non native apps is a good argument. Thanks.

It happened also with the Windows Store once, some reviewer wrote me months after publication about how our app made with Electron would not work on Windows 10 S, a special niche version of Windows with hardened security where apps were installable only from the Windows Store (Apple distopia trying to spread).

In the end we got away with writing at the top a warning "IMPORTANT: This app works with Windows 10 Pro and Home but not with Windows 10 S." Which is still there 7 years later:

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N8X83NF9ZR9?hl=en-US&gl=U...

S-mode was far less about combatting Electron apps and more about privilege escalation holes within Win32 itself. They're orthogonal concerns.

Nonetheless, the Microsoft-managed app ecosystem on Windows is sad for so many reasons. Ask me about Hardware Support Applications....

What about 'Hardware Support Applications'? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/d...

I might have to add USB driver support to a Windows native app with Zadig https://zadig.akeo.ie so I'm interested in your experiences.

They'd be footgunning their own revenue stream; JS performance on iOS has been a priority since day one. PWAs are a crucial part of the Apple ecosystem.

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