Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps?

Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by ajdegol on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:27AM (#22555352)

PWAs have an impressive feature list, and the site he links to is a nice demo of this.

The main arguments to move this way (which are rational) are 1. Competition on app store (including installation funnel) and 2. 1 code base for all devices.

The kicker has always been responsiveness; perhaps this is a matter of technology (or implementation). People expect apps to be extremely responsive and it's important for the bigger players.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by threeseed on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:57AM (#22555497)

If the arguments for moving to PWA are all about improving the developer experience then as an end-user why should I care.

It just screams PhoneGap/Cordova 2.0 which equally had the same story.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by ajdegol on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:02PM (#22558187)

Overcoming competition and the installation funnel is more of a marketing/bizdev issue than development. Being able to navigate to a web page and be using "the thing" is also a better experience of installation for the end user.

But for the actual using of the app, we're in total agreement.

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