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> The pendulum has shifted, and it's swinging towards PWA. It has for some things, and for others native is king. Native just delivers experiences that PWA can
by Closi 6y ago
> The pendulum has shifted, and it's swinging towards PWA.
It has for some things, and for others native is king. Native just delivers experiences that PWA can’t (yet).
To take a simple example - let’s consider a ‘timer app’. On iPhone I ask Siri to set me a timer for 5 minutes, it sets the timer and I walk away from my phone. 15 minutes the timer pings on my watch where I can accept it. There are multiple steps in this user story that a PWA currently struggles with, including:
* (Reliable) backgrounding
* Siri integration
* Notifications
* Apple Watch support
- throwaway3699 6y agoThese are all artificial problems created by Apple, though. The first three are all doable on Android PWAs, and you can do everything with a TWA in the Play Store.
- Closi 6y agoI don’t disagree, although I think these reasons do mean that it’s far too early to say “App stores are dying” as in the post I was replying to - at least in Apple’s case they are still central, and even seem to be becoming more core with deeper integration into MacOS. Also, in this context, a TWA isn’t useful as the post is about avoiding an App Store / central control using PWA.
- acct776 6y agoApple's case, until the users revolt hard enough/some killer webapp on Android doesn't work the same on iOS.