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TulliusCicerotoday at 1:55 AM2 repliesview on HN

Seems doubtful to me. Native apps just tend to feel better.

This scorecard says that Chrome for Android already does pretty well, but how many users use PWAs on Android?


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zenmactoday at 2:04 AM

>Seems doubtful to me. Native apps just tend to feel better.

That may have being true a few years ago, but now days unless you are really pushing for very specific stuff GPU stuff. With CSS GPU acceleration its barely noticeable for normal UIs. Now there are tons and tons of PWA that is done in a very in efficient way, then you get a really laggy app.

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kelthuzadtoday at 2:02 AM

>Seems doubtful to me. Native apps just tend to feel better.

I'm really tired of hearing this quite frankly, because the reasons as to why that happens to be the case in some scenarios is not "just" a coincidence, which has been explained ad nauseam.

>This scorecard says that Chrome for Android already does pretty well, but how many users use PWAs on Android?

While I've not seen any stats, I personally use them where possible. Interestingly, my boomer Dad, who is completely clueless when it comes to technology, independently discovered them. He has no idea what a "PWA" is, but he always asks me to "make this website an app for me".