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Re:Betting on the Web – Why I Build PWAs by WoodenChair on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:58PM (#15220577)
Even worse every time you go to Starbucks.com you might re-download all of the junk. If you use it multiple times a day, that's a lot of wasted bandwidth compared to a slim (unusual in these days) native app.
Re:Betting on the Web – Why I Build PWAs by ben336 on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:20PM (#15220792)
The value of PWAs with service worker support is that redownloads don't happen. That's also how they can have offline support (on Android at least, safari currently has a lest robust caching story)