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by kemayo 443 days ago
Apple's approach of only allowing sites that you've pulled out onto your home screen to request them is actually not bad for balancing this. It means I'm not being constantly nagged while browsing normally, but when I decide I want to treat something "like an app" it gets access to richer features.

(I very rarely do this. I think the only thing I have pulled out like that currently is Puzzmo, which doesn't even do notifications.)
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Rohansi 443 days ago
It's a decent way to handle permission but it's never "like an app" with iOS. Web push is missing basic features on iOS, such as notification sound/vibration. Many will say that's a good thing but there is no restriction for actual apps. I would love to rewrite a React Native app I work on as a PWA but silent notifications are totally useless for it.
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om2 443 days ago
Web Push does have the sound option now.
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