Android isn't exactly a control group in this context. A major appeal of web apps, apart from their freedom from gatekeeping, is that they're cross-platform. But a cross-platform technology is a lot less appealing to invest in when one of the major platforms barely supports / sabotages it.

I use one PWA, and it's working pretty well. One of my banks has an app that is just a web view (listed on the Play Store), and it's a bit janky at times.

tons of apps are full of ads. Nearly every game on iOS has ads. PWA vs Apps has nothing to do with whether or not there will be ads.

> Nobody around me.

How would you know? Do you ask everybody?

>you get ads

What do you mean? If the browser blocks ads, they'll be blocked in the PWA too, won't they?

I remember being hyped about pinned web apps ever since they became a thing in Google Chrome and you could pin the to Windows' taskbar.

No matter how much I tried nothing stuck. At one point I tried using the Twitter PWA as I could block ads, but that's about it.

I'm not saying Android is a lot better. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39419057

More than you think really. I have some apps on my devices that are clearly webviews, which is apparent when they crap out.

The average HN user who disses Apple has 0 clue how little the average person gives a crap about their phone.

It's like roasting Toyota for taking out a manual handbrake. Sure it sucks, but come on, do you really think the average Toyota owner cares their Prius has an electric e-Brake?

I don’t know much about Android, I haven’t used Android in more than a decade.

But it seems Adblock would come out of the box in a user friendly mobile operating system. I’m guessing Google, Samsung, etc aren’t much better than Apple in this regard.