[ziont]

> First load of a native app involves going to an app store and downloading a multi-megabyte app

whats wrong with that?

> A PWA involves loading a normal web site, then once it has loaded, cache resources to allow instant loading in the future.

yes, ONCE it has loaded. But the first experience is always going to inferior to installing apps through Google or Apple store.

ex)

    SHOW HN: Send AI painting of your selfies PWA!

    reply

    dang 1 hour ago | on: ShOW HN: Send AI.pwa

      so we are supposed to trust you with our selfies? who 
      are 
      you again? certainly not Google. no thanks bye

    turd 4 hour ago | on : Show HN: Send ai.pwa

      I went to the URL and it asked for notification and 
      added to my home screen. Oh not to mention it took a 
      whole 
      5 seconds to load on my shit Canadian 4g LTE. Now 
      it's 
      draining my battery life and I have 20 tabs open in 
      Chrome. Flag this shit.

    OP 3 minutes ago 
     
      lol stfu mang, im move to thailand with my ladyboy 
      gf.

[untog]

You seriously think going to an App Store, searching for an app, waiting for it to download 10s of megabytes (potentially over a slow connection), and then opening the app is a better experience than opening a web page?

I have no idea what your quoted passage is, by the way. If one of the complaints in there is "it took a whole 5 seconds to download", how on earth is the App Store alternative better? There's literally zero chance of getting an App Store app downloaded and opened in 5 seconds.

[freehunter]

Are you just tempting the moderators here by using their names in highly offensive fake comments?

[darkpuma]

Check the profile. Maybe it's malice, but I think they have some problems..