Saying "the web is losing to native" as a blanket statement is too blanket for me. Lots of companies are hungering to put content on the web because of significant (existing! today!) advantages over native.
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Replying to @wycats @andreasgal and
The fact that it's a close call is embarrassing to web and something I strongly agree with both of you we should fix, and something Mozilla could be doing more to help with. Sadly, "packaged apps" confused Google and then Mozilla into years of wasted time.
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Replying to @wycats @andreasgal and
Google/Chrome folks seem caught up now. Mozilla: honestly I don't even know how to tell.
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Replying to @wycats @slightlylate and
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@chrome team has understood for years that native is the enemy to fight. WebView wrappers like Focus don’t move the needle in this key battle. Also not sure that fight is still winnable though.@reactnative might be the future instead2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @andreasgal @slightlylate and
React Native is a category error in this conversation. Either we care about the web and want the web to win, or technologies like Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective C, and yes, JS via things like React Native will win.
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Replying to @wycats @slightlylate and
The Web as a platform lost on mobile. We can help parts of it remain relevant. Especially JavaScript
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Replying to @andreasgal @wycats and
I (obviously) think it isn't totally lost; but very much losing.
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Replying to @slightlylate @andreasgal and
I think assuming we lost or even are badly losing misses strong advantages on the web that are still driving content to the web. If we think AMP is helping to make the web competitive, we can't also believe that capabilities are the key.
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Replying to @wycats @slightlylate and
The key to web competitiveness is its instant-ness in drive-by scenarios. Native is perceived to have better "engagement" and that's the area we need to do better at, but frictionless sharing is how the web has an advantage. And people are still flocking to those advantages.
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Replying to @wycats @slightlylate and
Agreed. But native is catching up. React native and hosted react native will eventually be absorbed by native platforms and that’s game, set, and match then
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Maybe if Facebook makes a phone that doesn't flop out of the gate. But so far, both major platforms aren't interested in letting people ship app shells that can be fully replaced at a whim at the native layer via a download. That's where the web shines.
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