> refuses to run unless it detects that you are offline They could just display the "please disconnect" error for a while, then sneakily stop checking after so

> refuses to run unless it detects that you are offline They could just display the "please disconnect" error for a while, then sneakily stop checking after some date, collecting data every time you forget to disconnect. You'd need to check the code, or never forget to disconnect - the latter is probably a mistake waiting to happen. Chrome bug page for "offline-only PWAs" if you want to star it: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=995236 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=995236