I noticed that too. I'm not sure of the benefit of PWA on desktop, but I built a progressive web app, mainly because I need very few native features (currently only using push notifications) and I'm only one person so I don't have time/interest in writing native code when I can write for the web and be done.
I use it daily on my Android and it works well for my needs. I get caching and push notifications, my app is right on my home screen so just one click away. All this is very cheap (writing a service worker) compared to trying to figure out Cordova or Electron.
I currently use the 'app' feature of Epiphany (GNOME's web browser) and it has 90% replaced my need to install Electron apps. So I welcome the future where most of my apps are really just nicer looking isolated tabs rather than separate web browsers.
I use it daily on my Android and it works well for my needs. I get caching and push notifications, my app is right on my home screen so just one click away. All this is very cheap (writing a service worker) compared to trying to figure out Cordova or Electron.
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