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>>foxfir+(OP)
I wish Apple and Google would make rules to the effect of "if your app's entire functionality could be done in a regular website or PWA, then you can't put a native app on our stores".

>>joseph+89
> if your app's entire functionality could be done in a regular website or PWA, then you can't put a native app on our stores

A very silly threshold, since this would knock out probably 95% of the app store, including games, since "websites" are extremely capable these days, with full 3d graphics, etc. Then, each time safari added a new modern browser feature, more would get knocked out.

>>nomel+0a
Why is that a bad thing? Wouldn't we be better off with all of them being PWA's?

>>joseph+ya
Gotta love the HN bubble. Users want apps, not PWAs.

>>karanb+5c
If Apple wanted to make PWAs look like apps, users wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Except that's not what Apple wants at all.

>>frollo+Ae
If apps were interchangeable with PWAs we'd just call PWAs apps. What would be the difference, besides distribution?

>>dpkirc+jf
That would be good too, "progressive web app" is a silly name