> the whole promise of PWA is that developers can escape confusing App Store rules, long approval process
As a consumer, and perhaps more importantly as someone who is frequently unofficial tech support for other consumers, this is why I don't want PWA support or PWAs in generally getting any foothold on devices.
The number of notifications, icons, noises, ads, disturbances and general bullshit that an average user already has to put up with on a device is absurd. Can they be careful about what they install? In theory. Can they configure and down-regulate all these notifications? In theory. But they don't, and they won't.
Having something that appears to be able to bypass app store review is a developer wet dream but a user nightmare. Because they'll go to a website and press the buttons it tells them to, and now instead of it just being spammy bullshit that did pass the app store filter, it might be absolutely anything.
You might have honest intentions, but thousands won't, and users demonstrably can't handle it.
As a consumer, and perhaps more importantly as someone who is frequently unofficial tech support for other consumers, this is why I don't want PWA support or PWAs in generally getting any foothold on devices.
The number of notifications, icons, noises, ads, disturbances and general bullshit that an average user already has to put up with on a device is absurd. Can they be careful about what they install? In theory. Can they configure and down-regulate all these notifications? In theory. But they don't, and they won't.
Having something that appears to be able to bypass app store review is a developer wet dream but a user nightmare. Because they'll go to a website and press the buttons it tells them to, and now instead of it just being spammy bullshit that did pass the app store filter, it might be absolutely anything.
You might have honest intentions, but thousands won't, and users demonstrably can't handle it.