Question I get from native-app devs: "so, I can only store like 50mb or something? How do I get more?" (you can, but you have to ask)
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Replying to @slightlylate
^^^ is why PWAs are, on average, better for for users for _cultural_ reasons Respect for limits is result of managing distribution directly
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Most PWAs I see are something like 10-100x smaller *by default* than their native app counterparts. And that's w/o loss of functionality.
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Put another way, PWAs and the web force you to build a _streaming_ version of your app. Native apps can't even see those limits from here.
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So native apps live in a world of negative externality: force users to be sysadmins about expensive resource on the *dev's* behalf.
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Replying to @slightlylate
We can talk all day about how slow and bad and abusive adtech is (and oh boy do I have opinions)...but a bit of perspective is in order.
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Replying to @slightlylate
Native apps tend to be _terrible_ citizens of constrained devices because native devs only feel size/weight as trailing adoption factor
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Replying to @slightlylate
So the thing about PWAs "taking less space" is both statistically true to an overwhelming degree and also not guaranteed.
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It's just that it's _likely_ for reasons that most folks don't think about....because most don't think in terms of distribution & funnels.
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I think these sentiments would be good to throw together in a quick article; As I can't keep "hearting" all your tweets :P
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: you could storify? Or we could write a piece together?
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Replying to @slightlylate
I think you're the resident expert in terms of insight & understanding of the issue so I'd be hesitant to co-author something
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Replying to @darcy @slightlylate
specifically, I think you'd be able back your insights off of actual data extracted internally via. the Android & Chrome teams
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