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I don’t quite getting what you are objecting to. Slack cannot send you notifications when you’re not on the website, unless they have access to one of the APIs
by IfOnlyYouKnew 8y ago
I don’t quite getting what you are objecting to. Slack cannot send you notifications when you’re not on the website, unless they have access to one of the APIs commonly bundled under the PWA umbrella.
Is it just the name you’re objecting to? Do you believe it’s a bad idea to strive for feature parity between native apps and the web? I seriously can’t tell.
- lettergram 8y agoTwo things: 1. Apple and google are going to set a new set of APIs. And likely edge out the importance of other browsers. 2. They went the app route to begin with... they could have always gone the PWA route (especially the last few years). I don’t know why I have to have a native app if the entire web is now mobile friendly.
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- lowtolerance 8y agoFor what it’s worth, Apple didn’t go the app route to begin with. They were all in on web apps on the iPhone, and had no plans to allow native app development until developers demanded it. The iPhone didn’t have native app support until around a year after it’s release. They thought browsers had the capabilities necessary to make web apps mobile friendly enough to fill the need at the time, but that was overly-optimistic.