The most interesting thing for me is that iOS Safari has said they will support push notifications this year.
And I get it, most of us don't like push notifications, and on the web even more so. But lack of push notification support is the one thing that was forcing a lot of developers from just doing a decent progressive web app and instead forcing them into the App Store. I'm interested to see the growth in PWAs once iOS finally supports web push.
And just to try to head off the "but native apps are better" arguments in advance: yes, they can be, but I hate having to download apps from a company that I'll have a very short-term relationship with (or sometimes even a longer relationship). E.g. I recall.going to a charity event and having to download a (pretty poor) app for their silent auction. Only reason it needed to be an app instead of a website was to send pushes about being outbid, the auction ending, etc
And I get it, most of us don't like push notifications, and on the web even more so. But lack of push notification support is the one thing that was forcing a lot of developers from just doing a decent progressive web app and instead forcing them into the App Store. I'm interested to see the growth in PWAs once iOS finally supports web push.
And just to try to head off the "but native apps are better" arguments in advance: yes, they can be, but I hate having to download apps from a company that I'll have a very short-term relationship with (or sometimes even a longer relationship). E.g. I recall.going to a charity event and having to download a (pretty poor) app for their silent auction. Only reason it needed to be an app instead of a website was to send pushes about being outbid, the auction ending, etc