That’s not completely true, with framworks like Cordova you can reuse the JS code for the native app. The thing is, there’s no benefit whatsoever.

Personally I think it’s good that it’s a PWA. It’s the first PWA I use regularly on my phone, I only used WhatsApp and Telegram Web on the desktop so far and this is despite me being interested in Tech. If we introduce our friends to Lemmy and show them how easy it is to install a PWA, a lot of people will understand the PWA context a bit more