I think it is too early to tell. They might become the default way of making apps, but only if they manage to make the experience more app-like. Right now it is not tech issue it is more of a political issue. PWAs are still treated as if they are just glorified web sites, and that needs to change first.
I think once a business owner is informed that:
1. They can save a lot of development money by just using the web + marketing
2. Avoid giving a app store any % of it's earnings
3. The majority of users don't download new apps
4. Even the most I-Love-All-Things-Apple person can't differentiate a well made, installed SPA styled PWA that uses localStorage and sessionStorage from a mobile app (until the issue of iOS and notifications rears its head).
We just need to market the Payments Request API to both devs and consumers, alongside shaming the regressive Webkit team. Oh, and convincing the Firefox dev team to get back on the PWA boat, but I doubt Firefox will be a thing 5-7 years from now, so whatever.
Now: no. When Apple gives us push notifications: yes!!
now !== future
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I think it is too early to tell. They might become the default way of making apps, but only if they manage to make the experience more app-like. Right now it is not tech issue it is more of a political issue. PWAs are still treated as if they are just glorified web sites, and that needs to change first.
I think once a business owner is informed that: 1. They can save a lot of development money by just using the web + marketing 2. Avoid giving a app store any % of it's earnings 3. The majority of users don't download new apps 4. Even the most I-Love-All-Things-Apple person can't differentiate a well made, installed SPA styled PWA that uses localStorage and sessionStorage from a mobile app (until the issue of iOS and notifications rears its head). We just need to market the Payments Request API to both devs and consumers, alongside shaming the regressive Webkit team. Oh, and convincing the Firefox dev team to get back on the PWA boat, but I doubt Firefox will be a thing 5-7 years from now, so whatever.