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Re:We Fell Out of Love with Next.js and Back in Love with Ru... by petre on Sunday May 04, 2025 @02:20AM (#43884907)
They don't want to be subject to app store approval policies, shitty TOS, nor pay Google or Apple a 30% cut. Installing the app is easy, visit the web site, clck the install banner, add to home screen and you're good to go. On the developer side you get to deploy as iften as needed.

Yes, the service worker thing is annoying but you possibly don't need it if you have a server backend. It's basically a glirified website with a home screen icon. Most of the native vehicle, asset or fitness tracking apps need a backend anyways and they fail miserably when disconnected from the network.

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Re:We Fell Out of Love with Next.js and Back in Love with Ru... by pjmlp on Sunday May 04, 2025 @02:27AM (#43884927)
Might be easier for the user, sucks as developer experience.

Better do a mobile Web friendly website and leave it at that.

Most users hardly tell the difference anyway.

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Re:We Fell Out of Love with Next.js and Back in Love with Ru... by jjani on Sunday May 04, 2025 @04:21AM (#43885353)
> They don't want to be subject to app store approval policies, shitty TOS, nor pay Google or Apple a 30% cut. Installing the app is easy, visit the web site, clck the install banner, add to home screen and you're good to go. On the developer side you get to deploy as iften as needed.

And the metrics are saying that people click it?

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Re:We Fell Out of Love with Next.js and Back in Love with Ru... by petre on Sunday May 04, 2025 @02:49PM (#43888592)
We don't care about people clicking it as it's not tiktok but an app that complements a certain hardware solution. If you don't have the hardware, you don't need the app.
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