points by bagacrap 2 days ago | 0 comments
> Having to pull along a whole browser
Electron apps do this. PWAs do not because you are already running the browser.
> > no additional local apps on their device > This isn't an advantage for my use cases,
It objectively is, because (a) you don't have to run Electron next to a browser (b) your Electron app lags behind in security fixes compared to Chrome or whatever you use to browse, and (c) PWAs have a much stricter permission/capability model than native apps, so you can run PWAs from publishers you don't trust that much.
Sometimes, I might actually not be running the browser. And even if I am, a native app is still better.
> you don't have to run Electron next to a browser
I don't quite see the point you're making here?
> your Electron app lags behind in security fixes compared to Chrome or whatever you use to browse
Any app I download is sandboxed to the point I don't see this as a benefit of any magnitude.
Not to mention I might want the option of not updating (although I think this is an option with PWAs nowadays, although I've never actually tried).
> PWAs have a much stricter permission/capability model than native apps
Ditto.
> so you can run PWAs from publishers you don't trust that much.
I don't want to do that in the first place.
Native apps can do all those things better already. Can we please just have native apps instead?