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Why should they?

HTML5 apps were Steves original vision. Add to homescreen exist because that was supposed to be the way to deliver new apps to users on smart phones.

Why should Apple destroy that? To protect their 30% cut from a store that doesn't bring in a profit? For heavens sake why?

Apple makes money when you buy an Apple product. They want to make it so that you want to buy more Apple products, not fewer. If removing the capability to add HTML5 apps to the home screen causes a loss of just one Apple product sale, it is not going to happen.



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