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It's because the web was developed as a means for delivering documents and app development has been bolted on as an afterthought.

Push notifications. One of the primary reasons why companies haven't switched to PWA for simple apps.

Then what is that popup I get all the time visiting sites that says "Allow site xyz to send notifications"? Is that different than push notifications?

Doesn't work on Safari / iOS.

App push notifications can be silent, but web based notifications can't. That means you can push updated content without disturbing the user in an app, but not for a webpage.

I would rather just get an email at this point.

Apple refuses to implement standards that make web applications usable on mobile devices, even though Chrome and Firefox have supported them for ages.

Mostly its just about user data and money. It's AOL all over again. Only this time, they just might win.