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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by factorialboy on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:58AM (#22555500)
Non existent.

In fact I don't even comprehend why the term progressive web apps exists. It means nothing.

It's just HTML5 web apps built with a mobile first paradigm.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by onion2k on Thursday March 12, 2020 @07:18AM (#22555609)
A progressive web app also includes a manifest.json file to define how the app launches when it's installed, a service worker for background operations, app icons for the user's device homescreen, etc. An HTML5 app and a PWA are similar but really they're not the same. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Manifest
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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by pjmlp on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:29AM (#22556093)
Not really, because thanks to the manifest.json, and if packed as stored app, it also has access to OS APIs, exposed in the browser.
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