As a big fan of the web, I still fail to get what significant advantage PWAs are supposed to have. Still seems like a completely unnecessary marketing effort to me. Am I missing something?
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It is an advantage over having to build a fully native app for lightweight native function. The customer advantage is not needing to go via the app store.
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Replying to @mitemitreski
No need to convince me of the benefits over native apps. I’m more concerned about the advantages over a plain web app

Oct 22, 2020 · 6:56 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @mitemitreski
By definition a PWA is a web app that uses a Service Worker and has a manifest.json file. These allow it to work offline and to be installed to the user's mobile device or desktop. Pretty strong benefits imho.
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It’s not that I don’t know what it is. It’s that I wonder why these benefits are so relevant. What are good examples of web apps where this is important?
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