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> PWAs Still Suck Fixed it for you.

• refulgentis 3y ago
  They're good on pretty much every platform but Mac. Being this glib is especially old & tired, Figma's been around for years, and years, and years. The greatest trick Apple ever pulled was being the one platform* that requires Electron to ship PWAs. People use the baggage from having to _ship the entire web runtime_ as circular reasoning. Only reason it changed at all recently is antitrust sent the message it was time to stop. I hope Apple continues to see value in reinvesting in the open web. * outside Linux. ** Disclaimer: I own a MacBook Pro M2 and have used Apple platforms exclusively in my personal life for 19 years.
  • frou_dh 3y ago
    Chrome runs on Mac and supports installable PWAs into /Applications/, doesn't it? No Electron involved.
    • BackBlast 3y ago
      Yes, it does.
• AntonCTO 3y ago
  Thank you for providing such a thorough and valuable explanation, along with high-quality arguments, on this topic! Your insights will be extremely helpful to HN folks and developers in their exciting projects!