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A number of responses in this thread are crying about companies needing trackers or notifications not working correctly. These are two tiny issues that just doe
by nemothekid 4y ago
A number of responses in this thread are crying about companies needing trackers or notifications not working correctly. These are two tiny issues that just doesn't explain why there aren't any competitive PWAs yet.
PWA just aren't as satisfying to use as Web Apps; it doesn't have anything to do with relatively esoteric APIs. Just look at Twitter iOS and Twitter Web. Just moving within the app is clunky, try clicking a tweet; while the native app is full of fast animations the web app is full of empty loading screens. On native videos play quickly and fluently while html5 video can't offer the same seamlessness.
Is there a PWA out there that meets the level of polish of something basic like Twitter native app? If not, users will continue to prefer native apps; especially on mobile. PWAs will only win if they manage to make development so cheap that they kill any incentive to build natively. This is what happened on desktop