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Why would we want to limit ourselves to PWAs? Being able to run arbitrary executable file has been the core feature of general-purpose computers since the beginning.

I'd consider smart phones as being general-purposes, same as laptops/desktops/servers.



In this case, so that you don't get kicked out of the App Store with no recourse.


The way they're lock down make them really not general-purpose. Smart phones really were envisioned as thin-clients to cloud servers. When you start getting too far away from that, everything starts fighting you.




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