Re:We Fell Out of Love with Next.js and Back in Love with Ru...
by ivan_gammel on Sunday May 04, 2025 @04:00AM
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People outside tech just get installation instructions and do not care if it’s app store or something else. This is how sanctioned Russian banks continue to serve their customers via apps, when they cannot get into app store. The number of users of PWA is probably on the scale of millions.
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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 @04:24AM
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I had no idea! Cool to learn.
It definitely makes complete sense in that scenario, but remains a very niche usecase where people have no other option.
>People outside tech just get installation instructions
People outside of tech don't need instructions to install non-PWA, store apps. So all this does to me is reinforce that no one is installing PWAs outside of niche scenarios where 1. people basically have to use the app due to a connection to a physical institution 2. they are explicitly told how to do it 3. the app is not available on the stores for legal reasons.
Re:We Fell Out of Love with Next.js and Back in Love with Ru...
by ivan_gammel on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:49AM
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> People outside of tech don't need instructions to install non-PWA, store apps.
Depends on age and tech awareness. Many still do, when they cannot rely on a family member to do it for them. Overall installing PWA is no more complicated than getting something from a store.