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Better PWA support gives users (and developers) more optionality with app distribution. Apple building out these APIs would not take away from their native apps
by nickalekhine 7mo ago
Better PWA support gives users (and developers) more optionality with app distribution. Apple building out these APIs would not take away from their native apps.
The UX of visiting a site and with a single click of a button having an app on my home screen sounds great. I'd also like to have the option of side loading a native app too. And if those options sound unappealing, you can keep using the App Store if you want the assurance of using an 'officially approved' app.
A lot of very prominent apps are written using web technologies anyways. Take a look at the continued popularity of React Native (and Flutter as well).
- nozzlegear 7mo ago> A lot of very prominent apps are written using web technologies anyways. Take a look at the continued popularity of React Native (and Flutter as well). And it shows through their laggy interfaces and non-native UI/UX. The people don't like apps built with web tech; developers and LLMs like them because they're a shortcut.
- rejhgadellaa 7mo ago> The people don't like apps built with web tech Then why do most people spend > 90% of their time in a browser (or web-powered app) on desktop?
- nozzlegear 7mo agoIrrelevant, we're talking about mobile here.
- rejhgadellaa 7mo agoHow is that irrelevant? Isn't it important to ask the question "why did this thing work on desktop, but not on mobile?"
- genthree 7mo agoNo choice.
- rejhgadellaa 7mo agoFunny you would say that. Because businesses and users have only one choice on iOS: native apps, because the web app isn't viable (and/or available) on iOS.
- genthree 7mo agoYeah, it’s great.