One problem with PWAs, at least on Android, is that if you save one to your home screen, it may get borked or deleted the next time there's an OS or app update. Chrome has eaten my home screen shortcuts too many times!

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The terrible thing is that everything is moving to apps so that the developers can get more access to the user's fingerprint and get more data. Get access to photos, location ect. All webpages that suddenly have an app, which in my experience ends up having less functionality than the website, are quite simply there to get data, and be able to push notifications. They are parasitic. I miss the days when an app was the better offering but it isn't anymore.

The no copy paste of visible text(have to take a screenshot then select) and in app browsers fucking annoys me the most . These two are IMO the Worst UX pattern that affect me every day .

Why they would have password in the URL?!

And then there’s websites that should be apps

Love your username! Great book. It’s a shame he’s been cast into obscurity because of his personal life. You mean someone who writes lots of dark fiction is a deeply dark and troubled soul himself! Gasp!

Preach!

Articles like this stress me out because they make me feel wildly out of touch by proxy

Like on most other technical opinions this person has I probably agree, but they're so absolutely wrong (for the majority of modern consumers you will fail without an app) that it makes me wonder what other seemingly obvious things we're both completely wrong about.