Remove Web App Installed Features, Apple Investigated On Alleged Monopoly

JAKARTA The iOS 17.4 update will bring many changes in Europe to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Unfortunately, this update will eliminate the Progressive Web App (WPA).

This feature, which has been launched since 2007, was deliberately removed from the Safari machine. According to Apple's recent confession, this feature needs to be removed to avoid monopolization because Apple doesn't have the latest integration architecture.

The web application support Apple developed requires a WebKit because it is integrated directly into iOS' security and privacy models. If other crowds want to have the WPA feature, they must use WebKit, but the DMA policy prohibits the use of the machine's playout.

Apple admits it is difficult to control security and privacy issues from different crowders. They also can't keep the web app with WebKit support because their Safari machines can look more prominent.

For this reason, Apple decided to remove the install feature of the web application. However, this reason cannot be fully accepted by several parties, including the European Union (EU) which strictly prohibits monopoly attempts.

Based on the Financial Times report, the EU is investigating Apple for the deletion of the WPA feature in Safari which had an impact on other crowds. Allbrowsers are not allowed to have the install feature of a web application.

If Apple is proven to have deliberately taken this action to hinder the development of another crowd, Apple could face a DMA sentence. Currently, regulators are asking developers about the impact of the loss of the WPA feature.

Apple declined to provide a response to this investigation. The company only provided answers referring to their previous statement, "We expect this change to have an impact on a small number of users."