"It works better in the app "

Re:"It works better in the app " by jen20 on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:05AM (#49478689)

As an iPhone user: good. There is no good that can come from some dipshit website product manager being able to make my phone vibrate on a website. None at all.

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Re:"It works better in the app " by davidmurdoch on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:59AM (#49480475)

An installed PWA should be able to do all the same things an installed app should do. The general web should not, and no one is arguing for that.

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Re:"It works better in the app " by dymk on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:50AM (#49479394)

Parent comment is talking about PWA APIs that only show up when the PWA is added to the Home Screen, not via safari.

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Re:"It works better in the app " by afavour on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:07AM (#49478719)

Is there any good that can come from a dipshit mobile product manager being able to make your phone vibrate on an app? Is there actually a meaningful difference?

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Re:"It works better in the app " by jen20 on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:10AM (#49478756)

Games are the usual reason in an app. Being able to do it as a “drive by” on a website though: absolutely hell no.

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Re:"It works better in the app " by afavour on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:14AM (#49478816)

Sounds like it would be ideal to add it to Home Screen webapps only, just like web notifications. And yet…

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Re:"It works better in the app " by aetch on Friday August 28, 2026 @10:24AM (#49478962)

Yes, because visiting a website is much easier to do even unintentionally. The last thing I want is my phone to vibrate as I scroll past an ad

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Re:"It works better in the app " by afavour on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:08AM (#49479703)

Which is why things like permission prompts exist.

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