I can see apps become less important over time. PWAs were basically what Apple originally planed for the smartphone anyway and now they are capable of damn near anything you would want an app to do. No store to rely on. No updates to install. No storage space being eaten into. The browser engine functions as a layer of abstraction between the scary untrusted app and your own OS. It’s kinda perfect.
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Ulrich@feddit.org 21 hours agoWhatever things made people get into Android some 20 years ago are no longer relevant to the majority of people.
The biggest benefit will remain the apps. People love apps. In that regard, their only competition is Apple. It’s why no one can make a new phone OS.
The other reason is cost. If you want a cheap device, Apple has no such thing. There are hundreds of Android devices you can buy for a couple hundred dollars.
For those who buy Samsung flagships for more than an iPhone, well those people I can’t explain.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Ulrich@feddit.org 13 hours ago
You might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Well, it could be explained before: Flagship hardware without the restrictions of iOS.
Now…After this BS… Yeah, can’t explain.