Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App
04 Oct 2025 Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App Tim Bray writes, on Mastodon, I think correctly: The canceling of ICEBlock is more evidence, were any needed, that the Web is the platform of the future, the only platform without a controlling vendor. Anything controversial should be available through a pure browser interface. This is not the first time I’ve had reason to think about this — I think about issues of tech freedom every day, and I still bristle, after all these years (now more than ever), at having to publish NetNewsWire for iOS through the App Store. (The Mac version has no such requirement — it’s available via the website, and I have no plans to ever offer it via the Mac App Store.) But what if I wanted to do a web app, in addition to or instead of a native app? I…
