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by anderber 1263 days ago
I think that it really depends on what the PWA is trying to do and its purpose. I think the Twitter, Instagram, and Starbucks apps are both good examples of what can be done. Potentially a lot more could be done with PWAs, if there was more push to make them better.

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mostlysimilar 1263 days ago
Scrolled around and decided to try the TikTok app. It’s perfectly functional but immediately pops up asking to install the native app for the “full experience”.

The first popup was dismissible, so I kept swiping. Within two videos the same popup was back and it was not dismissible.

Companies intentionally cripple the web experience.

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dmitriid 1261 days ago
People keep bringing up Twitter as an example of a good PWA... But it is objectively horrendously bad.

If that's the best example of a PWA, give me a badly implemented native app any day of the week and five times on Sundays.

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