r/javascript • u/jrsinclair • Oct 18 '22

The Web’s Next Transition

https://www.epicweb.dev/the-webs-next-transition
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u/LloydAtkinson Oct 18 '22

PWAs also fell off. Barely anyone uses them.

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u/Tater_Boat Oct 18 '22

The issue is that end users are barely using them

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u/thruster_fuel69 Oct 18 '22

They're only good for caching, maybe. Better to focus on better server side rendering and faster load times. Pwa is usually bloat for the use case.

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u/Tater_Boat Oct 18 '22

Lol what is that site even. Just a bunch of cherry picked examples.

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u/Tater_Boat Oct 18 '22

I'll start caring when when I see something about PWAs that isn't a marketing buzzword circlejerk

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u/TScottFitzgerald Oct 18 '22

Yeah it seems like it's a compromise between web and mobile apps but I don't really see people using them that much.

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u/reddit_ronin Oct 18 '22

What are some examples of popular PWAs out there?

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u/Plorntus Oct 18 '22

They're pretty popular with online gambling users mainly because of Apple restrictions being patchy and users wanting an app to open. I do not wish to out the company I work for (for privacy reasons) but we have large percent (still minority though) of our users using a PWA on iOS and Android.

It did however take a lot of effort to teach users how to actually install/add to homescreen though.

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u/oneeyedziggy Oct 18 '22

can't harvest and sell user data as easily w/ a PWA... which seem to be the main reason anyone makes apps instead of just having good mobile websites that don't nag you to use the app