JustExAWS

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by JustExAWS 3y ago
Well, there is an existence proof by the lack of PWA adoption on Android and that companies aren’t forgoing the expense of creating native Android apps, that PWAs aren’t a “reasonable alternative” today on either platform.
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
It’s not just “some” people. Given a choice, to the first approximation, no one is leaving the Google Play store in favor of PWAs even though theoretically PWAs are so great on Android and that developers could avoid creating apps for th
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
Well first, always be prepared to look for another job 1. Develop a strong network 2. Keep an updated career document with a list of your accomplishments in STAR format 3. Keep your skill set in line with the market 4. Live below your mean
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
Spotify hasn’t allowed in app purchases of subscriptions in a decade.
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
Is the mass adoption of PWAs on mobile - including Android where Chrome is suppose to be so much better - like the “year of Linux on the desktop”? (and the HN gods don’t like me now for some unknown reason)
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
My points are the same neither consumers or the companies that make most of the money from mobile care about PWAs My second point is if it just Apple and Safari holding back the adoption of PWAs, then why aren’t they more popular on Andro
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
Exactly how is it easier to “track you” using an application thst is sandbox that you have to explicitly give it permission to have access to your location or other data than it is on to track you on a website where there are literally doze
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
Android was basically nothing until Verizon started selling them. The G1 was only on T-Mobile - at the time a distant 4th in the mobile space. It was so bad that not even Google’s CEO at the time used it and he still used his BlackBerry. F
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by JustExAWS 3y ago
This planet? I happen to have first hand experience with Amazon’s PIP process… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37963423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37963988 (I seem to have done something to a