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Comment by bcye

6 days ago

PWAs being entirely unsupported by Firefox for instance.

This is the last big thing keeping me on Vivaldi (based on chromium). I do use those, and would most likely fully switch to Firefox when implemented.

What things are only available as PWAs that are worth it? Like I know they exist, but I've never installed or used one.

  • "Only?" probably none

    However, recently there was a healthy thread about the massive trackers found in mobile apps[1] which wouldn't be a problem with PWAs since they live in the same sandbox as the browser (meaning no exfiltrating all the shit) but yet can one-click launch from the normal app mechanisms and (AFAIK) can be the subject of Intent handlers just like apps

    1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41923931