Progressive Web Apps Are Here. Now What?

So a company that wants you to pay them to build you a mobile website espouses the benefits of mobile websites. Can't really say I'm surprised. Is storage really the only real benefit they could think of? I mean apps are <75M and the smallest iPhone these days is 32G. Apps aren't being downloaded as often largely because the people aren't looking to install more things. If people aren't downloading your app they're not going to use your PWA either. App Stores have basically zero friction already and carry more far more trust than a site spamming them for an install.

Twitter is a great success story but it's not because they used a PWA but because they made their app better. Saying the reason you lost weight is because you became a vegetarian is a little misleading -- becoming vegetarian was just the excuse you had to revamp your diet. You're likely going to see a massive improvement in any app if you commit to a rewrite.

What an amazing privacy policy do these guys have! Don't take my word for it, check it out: https://wolfpack-digital.com/privacy /sarcasm mode off

PWA are not native UI for the platform, and the web browser isn't meant to do everything on a computer. Sure, replace some things but PWA Twitter is no Tweetbot. PWA is lowest common denominator like electron apps. There's a place but they're not the end all and can never be