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I'd argue that many people wouldn't know wether they were looking at a PWA or a native application written in a JS container format (like react-native). I can'

I'd argue that many people wouldn't know wether they were looking at a PWA or a native application written in a JS container format (like react-native). I can't think of a way that native apps are more convenient? With automatic updates it's even less convenient to have the updates go through the app store.

aabbcc1241 6y ago
They may not distinct visually, but iPhone user without chrome can definitely tell. I totally agree with you, I developed a PWA and 'native app' which is mostly an webview of the same content. I often use the PWA version but it seems most (if not all) of my users are using the app version even when the app stores approve updates in a notifiable slower rate. My native app do used some native plugin, but those functions are not often used by the users. So I feel they just blindly ask for apps. Maybe they think native app loads faster than PWA? People don't want to wait for a SPA first-time loading but they won't blame the download and install time of native apps.