Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoI 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.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
You might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They haven’t been promoted or supported well until fairly recently. Also, Firefox is not compatible with PWAs but chrome, edge, and safari are.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
They’ve been well-supported for many years.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Open Firefox and pin a PWA. I’ll wait.