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They’ve been on iOS since the beginning, predating the App Store. They were originally supposed to be the only public API for building 3rd party apps on iOS.

For a long time they appeared to be in maintenance mode on iOS. They’re still years behind what Chrome allows PWAs to do.

Apple has also added PWA to Desktop Safari in the latest OS release (which seems to work well for Tana). So their Safari team is putting some continuing effort behind PWA in general.

I used this when I was taking a break from chrome, because Firefox cancelled their PWA support for Desktop.

Because they are their go to excuse why the limitation to the App Store isn't a monopoly with the regulators.

So... you're saying that having PWAs is purely performative because nobody actually uses PWAs... meaning that the loss of PWAs has no impact on customers?

No, but they are obviously not equivalent in capabilities on iOS

As far as I'm concerned, it's just an argument for them to use in antitrust lawsuits. "See, they could have developed a web app if they aren't happy with our store". It's better to keep an option opened, especially if it's not good enough to be used.