04-06-2023 18:34 via mobile.slashdot.org

Progressive Web Apps 'Don't Spy or Clog Your Phone'. Do You Use Them?

"It's worth questioning the status quo of technology," argues the Washington Post's Tech Friend newsletter, "including apps as we know them."Then they tout the benefits of the "non-app app... a hybrid of a website and a conventional app, with features of each" — the unappreciated Progressive Web App (which many still don't know can be installed on your phone's home screen):Web apps look and function pretty much like the conventional apps for your phone or computer, but they clog less space
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