A webapp sometimes works fine for phone users. There are things that websites can't do on mobile. For example, on iOS, only the latest OS version has support for push notifications from PWAs, and even then, they can't make noise or vibrations. They are always delivered silently. PWAs are also always rendered with WebKit on iOS. WebKit doesn't support a number of features.

Yes, a mobile app doesn't help desktop users, but there are waaaaaaaay more mobile users than desktop users.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

on iOS, only the latest OS version has support for push notifications

they can’t make noise or vibrations

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, for an email app, that’s kind of a big deal.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only if you absolutely need some crucial bit of information the moment it arrives, in which case, email isn’t for you, since messages can take up to 3 days to arrive.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I like having noisy push notifications for certain emails. I apologize if that’s not ok.