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Re:Why haven’t PWAs killed native apps yet? by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @10:30PM (#32760367)
If you have to ask, you probably are in the 1% by a large margin: Most people do not fly regularly. Some people have never flown at all. You would probably be surprised how often someone's flight with an airline is either their first or, in fact, only ever time they will do business with said airline.
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Re:Why haven’t PWAs killed native apps yet? by scarface74 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @10:42PM (#32760462)
If someone is flying occasionally, they probably don’t just have a carry on. They still will need to know where to pick up their bag.

They will still need to know if their gate has changed or whether their flight is delayed.

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Re:Why haven’t PWAs killed native apps yet? by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @10:48PM (#32760509)
I wouldn't want a software install for a one-time business interaction. I'd expect maybe SMS updates for all of this anyways?
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Re:Why haven’t PWAs killed native apps yet? by scarface74 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:03PM (#32760636)
Unless you fly internationally. Text messaging is notoriously unreliable when roaming. Also if they send you a text, there is no guarantee that it isn’t dropped if it doesn’t reach you immediately. Push notifications are a lot more reliable over international data and wifi.

There have been numerous accounts where someone couldn’t use a credit card overseas because their bank tried to send them an SMS that they were suppose to reply to to verify a transaction.

Also, SMS cost a lot more at scale for the sender than mobile notifications.

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Re:Why haven’t PWAs killed native apps yet? by jen20 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:01AM (#32761371)
SMS does not work so well inside planes...
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Re:Why haven’t PWAs killed native apps yet? by hulitu on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:22AM (#32762380)
In all the airports i was there were big screens telling you about arrivals and departures and where can you pick up your luggage.
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Re:Why haven’t PWAs killed native apps yet? by scarface74 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:09AM (#32763511)
So let’s say I fly out of a busy airport - I do I fly out of Atlanta the worlds busiest airport - you are really going to say that it’s more convenient to find your flight among all the ones that are landing than just looking at your phone?

But even then, you first need to know whether your bag is at Terminal South or Terminal North first.

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