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Re:PWA Store by codegladiator on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:53PM (#22964454)
There is flipkart (the Indian ecommerce site) which was also used as a case study by Google

https://developers.google.com/web/showcase/2016/flipkart

Re:PWA Store by adz_6891 on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:29AM (#22965238)
Yes, I think this example highlights a point many aren't picking up on. PWAs have been biggest in emerging markets. I think Ali Baba also used them to great effect.

Ever tried to get users in emerging markets on old Android devices to discover, download and update your native app? It's a world of pain.

Re:PWA Store by londons_explore on Friday April 24, 2020 @03:42AM (#22965600)
Old cheap android devices nearly always have no available storage space, which makes it almost impossible to install a native app. Freeing up 1MB of space isn't enough to allow you to install a 1MB app - typically you need to free up 1GB or more before the store will function at all, and there's a good chance on old devices that won't be possible at all, due to the way updates consume space, and old devices have a lot of updates...

PWA's aren't the perfect solution here - on those same old devices, theres a good chance your user is running a 5+ year old browser engine, with a lot of bugs that are hard to even test against, considering how many combinations of screen size, phone, and browser software version there are.