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by chrisweekly 2989 days ago
You might be applying your anti-Electron arguments a bit too broadly. PWA is not that easy, but the UX friction involved with downloading and installing native mobile apps is abysmal. Electron is (arguably) a shortcut for desktop apps, putting webdev convenience above UX. Whereas PWA is all about improving UX, and is also typically (in practice) more relevant to mobile than desktop.
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saagarjha 2989 days ago
> the UX friction involved with downloading and installing native mobile apps is abysmal

Where were you ten years ago? Remember installing software on Windows?

> Whereas PWA is all about improving UX

But it doesn't improve UX.

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faizmokhtar 2989 days ago
> the UX friction involved with downloading and installing native mobile apps is abysmal

Wouldn't PWA be the same too? In fact, I think having to figure out the web address and type it in, and then add it to the home screen is much more tedious.

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khedoros1 2989 days ago
> PWA is not that easy, but the UX friction involved with downloading and installing native mobile apps is abysmal.

Searching on the app store and hitting "install" is an abysmal amount of friction?

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chrisweekly 2988 days ago
Yes.

Compared to links, anyway.

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khedoros1 2988 days ago
Well....OK, yes, not installing something is less work than installing something. I think that saying "abysmal" is being overly dramatic, though.
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