Chapter 9. A Web For Everyone

Earlier, I dismissed the notion that progressive web apps are in competition with native apps. I firmly believe that, for most organizations, that holds true: the decision of whether to build a progressive web app or not has little to do with whether or not the organization already has a native app.

But even if progressive web apps and native apps aren’t in direct conflict, progressive web apps were created in part as a response to perceived threats to the web: mobile app stores and their gatekeepers, less attention (and budget) given to the mobile web, bloated and inaccessible websites… As we’ve been slow to ...

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