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Chad Smith

For me, I just hardly ever even install PWA's in general. Even if I know that the application that I am using is a PWA, I hardly ever absolutely add it to my home screen. Mostly that is because unless I am going to use the application every day I just don't add you to my home screen. Unless I am going to use it everyday I can just navigate to the site just as quick.

Even for native applications, I might install them to use them, but I usually uninstall you within a couple of days unless I see that it is an application that I will use continuously.

Though, I am right now developing an application that will be a PWA. That is because the aim of the application is to be easy to get in and out of. I don't want to force anyone to install it to use it. So I will be making it a PWA, but I don't actually expect people to install it on their home screens. In my opinion you should not develop a PWA expecting people to actually install it.

Now with that all that said it is my goal to develop a native app to go with the PWA. That is because while developing this PWA I have found there a few limitations that the web still can't do yet that a native app can bring a better experience for, for the people that want it. So I do think the web and PWA's still need to grow more.

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David Dal Busco

It makes sense and I can related to some extension. For example I do not use bookmarks and know where I go often, otherwise I use a search engine.

Moreover your feedback make me think that maybe the assumption that PWA are entry point to gain clients but that these, who really felt in love with your services, are going to get an app through the stores, is valid.

Finally, I ask myself if it is possible to develop a proper PWA but to explicitly set that no "Add to home screen" popup should be presented? I should double check but I do not think that this exists (yet). Good point.