Apple removing apps from the App Store and being in control of what we can and cannot install on our little pocket computers is and has always been wrong.
I totally agree with what Brent Simmons outlined as reasons for why NetNewsWire is not a web app. Especially this paragraph resonates with me:
My computer is not a terminal. It’s a world I get to control, and I can use — and, especially, make — whatever I want. I’m not stuck using just what’s provided to me on some other machines elsewhere: I’m not dialing into a mainframe or doing the modern equivalent of using only websites that other people control.
Yet it still made me wonder. Isn‘t it possible to create something like this as web app? Certainly not this nice and polished with all the features we‘d expect. A static HTML file that contains the JavaScript. Using localStorage for state.
Yeah, let’s just hope it never comes to that.
Reference: Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App in response to Complying With ‘Demand’ From Trump Administration, Apple Removes ICEBlock From App Store