[systemvoltage]

I love native apps. But on the scale of Amazon (and having to compete with Netflix), slightest bit of friction, in this case downloading and installing an app, accepting permissions, etc takes a minute or two. It would be absolutely catastrophic to their competitiveness. You need to think more broadly on scale.

[gjsman-1000]

If you read the original article, the use of WebAssembly is mainly across a broad array of device types where it will be packaged into an app. That app will require installation, accepting permissions, and all of that just like a native app.

The point is moot except for anyone watching Prime Video in the web browser.

[vp8989]

The WebAssembly component gets pulled on app startup. That means you make a bug fix, deploy a new build to an S3 bucket and every single user is running the fix inside of ~24 hours.