I would prefer webapps to native if there was a protocol to fully load the page and disable network traffic for apps that work fully offline.

There’s a standard API for offline webapps: ServiceWorker dev.to/…/build-an-offline-first-web-app-with-serv…

I wonder why it’s not used more. Maybe not intuitive enough, or maybe JS framework don’t support this.

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Companies want that sweet, sweet live telemetry.

This actually exists, but appears to be implemented in Chrome on Windows only (sigh), and I’m not sure anyone uses it:

github.com/WICG/isolated-web-apps/

GitHub - WICG/isolated-web-apps: Repository for explainers and other documents related to the Isolated Web Apps proposal.

Repository for explainers and other documents related to the Isolated Web Apps proposal. - WICG/isolated-web-apps

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