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Re:Don't Download Apps by jeroenhd on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @05:47PM (#46063195)
PWAs can be good, but for a lot of social media, they're only as good as their website experience. Many (most) companies seem to make their website intentionally slow and buggy, probably with the idea that users only need to use their web UI for a short while because they lost access to their apps or something.

For instance, I've installed Mastodon as a PWA and it performs great. Photoprism also works so well I haven't even bothered to look for an app.

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Re:Don't Download Apps by array_key_first on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @06:15PM (#46063410)
The absolutely batshit insane part is that the 'native apps' are almost certainly created using web technologies which call the exact same APIs as the web app.

There's zero reason the web apps should be so slow.

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Re:Don't Download Apps by severine on Thursday November 27, 2025 @09:03AM (#46069354)
Try Phanpy for the fediverse: https://phanpy.social/

Maybe the best web app I've used.

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