Apple and Google can't stop you from providing a working mobile-responsive web app

They could prevent people from accessing them on their phones though, let’s see how long it takes.

Like how they prevent people from getting the ISIS websites, Hamas websites, neo-Nazi web sites? Looks like they have more than a decade to do so and still nothing. Maybe your hyperbolic slippery slope argument is wrong?

Many of these are still allowed on Twitter, so I’m not sure what your argument is.

And I’m saying they “could”. They might decide not to.

Although I don’t think anyone could have foreseen level of censorship we have now, even 5 years ago, so who knows what it will look like in 2025.

And I think if you ask the average HN reader he wouldn’t be opposed to blocking websites for political reasons.

DoH is gonna throw a huge wrench into that plan.

Likely not at all for Apple.

Apple do it in certain degree. By makes their mobile browser extreme buggy and feature lacking. You don't even have proper notification support on it. How could it be used as a proper app? A social app that can't tell you that someone send a message to you sounds a no-go to me.

You don't need google to side-load apps.