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[-] lukenamop@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago

And since it doesn’t have to be published in any app stores, it can be updated much more quickly and frequently.

[-] nocnoc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Why does it take so long to push updates on AppStores?

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think they maybe have to be approved first so that people aren't updating their apps with something malicious

[-] nocnoc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So it is not as safe as downloading an app from the AppStore right?

[-] burak@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

No. The browser (which is the runtime that pwas use) is already a very limited environment with little to access to the system - and if the app wants to access something potentially sensitive, then the browser asks for permission. Even then it doesn’t have access to nearly anything that a native app can access.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a good question. I'm not entirely sure of the answer to that. I suppose in a way it could be less secure because the dev could just decide to one day make the wefwef.app url into a malicious link. But at the same time, I don't think a browser is granted as many permissions by default.

Using the Google Play Store as an example, there are still incredibly sketchy/suspicious apps on there even though they are approved by Google.

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