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Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” (bsky.app)
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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 69 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

We should make webapps for everything. When done properly they are as fast as native apps, can work on any device and do not require a dev license or account.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They're now supported on Firefox on Android, so good news!

[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Webapps are now supported on Firefox? Holy smokes!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup!

[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know what that button does but I'm fairly sure it's not about support for web-apps. Firefox has always supported web-apps, because web-apps are just interactive websites.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's the button to pin a PWA to the taskbar by reading the manifest.json

https://www.maketecheasier.com/enable-progressive-web-apps-firefox/

Firefox has always supported web-apps, because web-apps are just interactive websites

That's from August, when support was added back after the feature being dropped in 2020.

Mozilla has released Firefox 143.0. The update lets users pin web apps to the taskbar, but only on Windows.

About a month [ago], I reported that progressive web apps (PWAs) are available via Firefox's Labs. Now, the feature is available for everyone on Windows.

This is for the September 16 update.

https://www.ghacks.net/2025/09/16/mozilla-firefox-143-0-adds-support-for-progressive-web-apps-copilot-on-sidebar-important-dates-in-the-address-bar/

[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Progressive Web-apps are a particular kind of web-app. The person you replied to just referred to "webapps", not this special kind of web-app. Firefox has always supported web-apps.

The nature of progressive web-apps means that you can use them even if the browser doesn't explicitly support them. All that explicit support does is wrap the web-app in an icon and reduced browser window.

[–] Dentzy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

About time!

Thanks for the great news!

[–] donalonzo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Completely agreed. Nowadays we even have WASM that can run more advanced things, and may even give webapps sandboxed capabilities, and can be run natively on any device with a WASM runtime.

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sweet solution

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Funny thing: before the App Store, the original plan for the iPhone was that all third-party apps should be webapps.