Wow, this is really cool. I wonder if in the future, everything will run on the browser, and most software doesn't care about the OS at all.
There's even a xkcd comic about this[0].
There's even a xkcd comic about this[0].
The real beauty of the web is to be able to jump into something just by following a link and that lets you do some really fun things. For example we recently collaborated with the streamer Day[9] to build this swarm game* he played with his audience. That basically requires the ease of access you get from the web experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs1p22oI_V4
* - The whole game was also built from inside a browser.
...really? Web development is the absolute worst development experience I've had since doing COBOL in college. I have difficulty believing anyone can claim this who has ever developed with proper tooling for anything else.
PWA, Linux phone's dependency on web apps can help a bit, but I don't see it beyond the enthusiast/privacy market.
Because App publisher - Appstore relationship is 'scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' type relationship. Top apps isn't going to get as much telemetry from web app as they get from native app, at least not without people knowing or fighting with ad-blockers.