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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A webapp sometimes works fine for phone users. There are things that websites can't do on mobile. For example, on iOS, only the latest OS version has support for push notifications from PWAs, and even then, they can't make noise or vibrations. They are always delivered silently. PWAs are also always rendered with WebKit on iOS. WebKit doesn't support a number of features.

Yes, a mobile app doesn't help desktop users, but there are waaaaaaaay more mobile users than desktop users.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

on iOS, only the latest OS version has support for push notifications

they can’t make noise or vibrations

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I mean, for an email app, that’s kind of a big deal.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Only if you absolutely need some crucial bit of information the moment it arrives, in which case, email isn’t for you, since messages can take up to 3 days to arrive.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I like having noisy push notifications for certain emails. I apologize if that’s not ok.

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