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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year (arstechnica.com)
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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I can see apps becoming less important over time. PWAs were basically what Apple originally planed for the smartphone anyway and now they are capable of damn near anything you would want an app to do. No store to rely on. No updates to install. No storage space being eaten into. The browser engine functions as a layer of abstraction between the scary untrusted app and your own OS. It’s kinda perfect.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They haven’t been promoted or supported well until fairly recently. Also, Firefox is not compatible with PWAs but chrome, edge, and safari are.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They've been well-supported for many years.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Open Firefox and pin a PWA. I’ll wait.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait for what? I've done this many times.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Firefox doesn’t have PWA support. They pulled it years ago.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know about vanilla Firefox but I use IronFox and it works great so I suspect you're wrong.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Do you mean pin as in creating a shortcut to the webapp on the homescreen/launcher?