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Web apps can do that too. Google for "pwa sync background" to see how.

• fulafel 4y ago
  I ended up here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Periodic_Background_Synchronization_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Periodi... - but the browser compatbility says it's missing from Firefox which probably many/most F-Droid users are using. But maybe it's possible to use the other PWA support without the periodic sync API to cook up similar functionality?
  • olabyne 4y ago
    It is a feature missing from Firefox. PWA apps are a great compromise for webapps with some APIs from native apps, without having an entire browser packed with them
  • TekMol 4y ago
    Unfortunately, Firefox seems to generally not like the idea that the Browser is used as an application platform. A way more fundamental API they refuse to implement is the file access api. Which lets you build web apps that can open and save local files. With this API, Chrome is now a great application platform for which you can write software that can be used just like desktop software.