Google Photos PWA review: Not quite progressive, not quite an app, but that's OK

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Google Photos is now a Progressive Web App, which is great, but it highlights an issue that could become a trend.
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Made correctly, Progressive Web Apps can look great across different platforms and provide excellent functionality. Google is the driving company behind PWAs, and it's a positive sign that more of their services are becoming PWAs. But using Google Photos just feels a bit off, almost as if a Google app has invaded my PC.
Using it raises some questions to me about PWAs and what their rise means to our old friend the native UWP app.

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