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If Apple and especially Google really wanted to support PWAs, they'd add first-class support for them on their app stores, but they don't really want to do that
by colordrops 4y ago
If Apple and especially Google really wanted to support PWAs, they'd add first-class support for them on their app stores, but they don't really want to do that, as it would weaken the walls around their garden.
- rayiner 4y agoMore because web apps are awful. Even Gmail is awful and god knows how much money goes into developing that.
- encryptluks2 4y agoGmail is awful compared to what? I'd estimate a majority of people disagree here unless you're more of an IMAP purist.
- rayiner 4y agoOutlook 98.
- Nicksil 4y ago>Gmail is awful compared to what? I'd estimate a majority of people disagree here unless you're more of an IMAP purist. GMail is bloody awful. I can hardly stand using it. Been using Thunderbird for a while now and have not many complaints. The whole "IMAP" purist thing is unnecessary; there are plenty who prefer not using the GMail interface and have no idea what IMAP is.
- thiht 4y agoWhat's "bloody awful" about Gmail? All the mail clients look the same to me, you got folders and sorting on the left, a list of mails, and when you click on a mail you can read it.
- caeril 4y ago> What's "bloody awful" about Gmail? Telemetry, activity tracking, etc. NeoMutt doesn't send everything I do to a persistent log accessible to data broker parasites and NSA functionaries. Not being turned into cattle watched over by an enormous Panopticon is a pretty major Killer App feature.
- n8cpdx 4y agoOutlook Web App has been pretty great IMO. Way better than desktop and way better than Gmail. Just my opinion.
- encryptluks2 4y agoLast I checked even their "smart" folders synchronization was broke. I've never had a good experience with OWA and find Microsoft constantly crippling or breaking products which somehow seems to also make their users some of the most Stockholm syndromed people I've ever dealt with.
- n8cpdx 4y agoIt doesn’t randomly decide to hide email from me, that puts it leagues above Gmail by default. I like that it has critical features like a sane approach to contact lists and “sweep”. I also like that I can send a message with priority - a feature mysteriously still missing from gmail.
- encryptluks2 4y agoGoogle already does this to a larger extent: https://blog.pwabuilder.com/posts/publish-your-pwa-to-the-ios-app-store/ https://blog.pwabuilder.com/posts/publish-your-pwa-to-the-io... It is Apple that has had issues with PWA support. > While WebKit is making progress on PWA support, at the time of this writing, PWAs remain a second-class citizen on iOS. The iOS App Store’s support for PWAs is non-existent, requiring a web view-based solution like PWABuilder’s. > Additionally, because iOS doesn’t allow 3rd party browser engines, your PWA is limited to WebKit’s PWA capabilities, which are currently lagging behind other browser engines.
- colordrops 4y agoReally? What's an app on the Google app store that is really a PWA? And I mean an actual PWA and not a PWA wrapped in an app.
- encryptluks2 4y agoThey do need a showcase, but I believe there are several. bubblewrap is an official framework for publishing them but I don't know if you consider that wrapped in an app or not.
- esperkin39 4y agoIf you're on a Chromebook, the default Twitter and YouTube Music install is a PWA.
- matchagaucho 4y agoChrome Extensions are a related Cousin, though.
- pjmlp 4y agohttps://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/trusted-web-activity/ https://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/trusted-web-activi...