> Was no one else using Discord as a progressive web app

Going by me and my friends, no.

> striking the best balance between resource footprint

If this is the best balance possible, then that balance is horrible. Having to pull along a whole browser is a massive ball and chain on any program that I wish I could cut off anywhere I see it.

> no additional local apps on their device

This isn't an advantage for my use cases, nor any of my friends apparently.

> still preserving their native UI

As in preserving Discord's or your OS's UI?

I don't care about the former. I'd use DiscordMessenger[1] if it was mostly feature complete and Discord didn't ban third-party clients.

The latter isn't really preserved in any meaningful opinion by shoving it into a browser. The difference in UX post-install between a PWA and a seperate browser window (or a seperate app) is zero to me. It's still not native.

[1] https://github.com/DiscordMessenger/dm

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bagacrap a day ago | parent [-]

> Having to pull along a whole browser

Electron apps do this. PWAs do not because you are already running the browser.

> > no additional local apps on their device > This isn't an advantage for my use cases,

It objectively is, because (a) you don't have to run Electron next to a browser (b) your Electron app lags behind in security fixes compared to Chrome or whatever you use to browse, and (c) PWAs have a much stricter permission/capability model than native apps, so you can run PWAs from publishers you don't trust that much.

	▲	Telaneo a day ago \| parent [-]
		> Electron apps do this. PWAs do not because you are already running the browser. Sometimes, I might actually not be running the browser. And even if I am, a native app is still better. > you don't have to run Electron next to a browser I don't quite see the point you're making here? > your Electron app lags behind in security fixes compared to Chrome or whatever you use to browse Any app I download is sandboxed to the point I don't see this as a benefit of any magnitude. Not to mention I might want the option of not updating (although I think this is an option with PWAs nowadays, although I've never actually tried). > PWAs have a much stricter permission/capability model than native apps Ditto. > so you can run PWAs from publishers you don't trust that much. I don't want to do that in the first place. Native apps can do all those things better already. Can we please just have native apps instead?