1/17/2025 at 8:57:16 PM
by lknik
1/17/2025 at 9:09:58 PM
I think what this misses is that TikTok will lose the ability to pay content creators. It may also cause legal repercussions for advertisers who want to spend on the platform.From TikToks perspective, they may want the hard decouple so their users pressure their representatives. If they make a pwa or some other means to subvert the ban available it could undermine peoples desire to act.
by lbhdc
1/18/2025 at 1:47:39 AM
the API is more limited on the web vs nativeby dmvjs
1/17/2025 at 10:20:58 PM
Funny is that even with the executive order to not enforce the law for now, it puts Apple and Google in legal limbo if they don't remove the app. They are the ones that will have to pay huge fines, not TikTok.by sschueller
1/18/2025 at 12:17:39 AM
The executive branch whose first and only job during times of peace is to enforce the laws is now expected to not enforce the law? This whole fiasco is dumb.by datavirtue
1/17/2025 at 11:11:50 PM
Aren't CDNs also going to be liable if they serve TikTok content?by n144q
1/17/2025 at 9:44:40 PM
My experience with PWAs is… not great. What are the best and/or most popular PWAs?by hammock
1/18/2025 at 12:36:48 AM
Not that popular yet, but the Newspeak programming language runs entirely as a PWA, up to the IDE. Makes it really easy to set up. See https://github.com/newspeaklanguage/newspeak and https://groups.google.com/g/newspeaklanguage/c/s7c74c4QVvMby Qem
1/18/2025 at 1:18:06 AM
I think the Starbucks PWA is pretty good example from an implementation standpoint.by bob1029
1/17/2025 at 11:32:10 PM
Youtube is probably one of the most popularby ycombinatrix
1/17/2025 at 10:09:43 PM
They already have a mobile web interface, that anyone can crate a shortcut to. It'll work fine as-is, with or without a 'PWA' buzzword.If a government really wanted to block internet access to a service provider, they'd block access to their servers, on all ports. The workaround would be a VPN, not a web interface.
The US has this strange banning-but-not-really, because really banning it would be prohibited by the constitution's first amendment.
by dlcarrier
1/17/2025 at 10:42:41 PM
It desperately forwards you to the app store right now.by exabrial
1/17/2025 at 11:08:04 PM
Given the choice, they'd much rather you use the version that has much better access to location data and notifications, but barring access to that, they'll likely turn off the nagging and let you use the web interface in peace.by dlcarrier
1/17/2025 at 11:12:12 PM
App stores being a useful tool of state control (vis a vis the open web) does make one wonder if it factors into the government pursuing them as an abuse of market competition.by gausswho
1/17/2025 at 10:00:37 PM
They took my porn in Texas an now this wtfby anothername12