US-based technology giant Apple has accomplished an interesting work in the iOS 17.4 beta version it released last week. Feedback from users in European Union countries showed that Apple will discontinue web application support in this region. Because users who switched to iOS 17.4 beta version were unable to add web applications to the iPhone home screen.
Today, there was a new development regarding the bet. Apple announced that this was not a mistake, it was done consciously. According to the statement made by Apple, users in European Union countries will no longer be able to use web applications. This is due to Apple’s compliance process for the European Union Digital Markets Act (DMA).
According to Apple, the decision taken is a necessity
According to Apple’s statement, in order to comply with DMA, a “completely new integration architecture” had to be established on web applications. Stating that this was not practical, Apple officials said that the decision taken was a necessity.
According to Apple, applications added to the home screen have not been widely adopted. Therefore, according to Apple, the change in iOS 17.4 will affect a very small number of users. However, the company still stated that it was sorry on behalf of developers and web application users.