Progressive Web App (PWA)
A website built to behave like an installed app — working offline, loading fast, and sending notifications — using modern web capabilities.
Why it matters
It is distribution economics disguised as technology: app-like behaviour without the store, the install friction, or the 30% cut. The trade is at the capability edges — deep OS hooks still favour native.
The numbers
- Offline, installable, fast — the three promises
- No store, no cut — the economics
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