Like it or not, Apple is the trend setter. Everybody feels like they need to do what Apple does. So given that, Apple kills PWAs, everyone else will surely follow.
Thatβs normally how it goes anyway.
I donβt think thatβs true. Android has had more features than Apple for over a decade. People forget that iPhones didnβt used to have a proper file manager and the only way to put songs on them was through iTunes. iOS has been trailing behind Android in that respect while maintaining their walled garden.
Thatβs the point though. Android has all these features, but they only suddenly become βrealβ to the general public when Apple makes their version of it too.
I was using Google Wallet for NFC transactions years before Apple made the same available, but as soon as they did everyone started asking if I liked the new iPhone when I paid with it.
The comment I replied to suggested the opposite, that whatever decisions Apple makes, Android follows behind which isnβt the case in reality.
I understand your point though. Itβs weird that people who use iPhones have this mentality that iPhones are at the forefront of innovation. I know some people who are aware that Apple is behind but the phone does what they require of it so they have no need to ask more.
That doesnβt make them trend-setters though - that just makes them big spenders on marketing. i.e. Android wasnβt following what Apple did - theyβd already been doing it first!