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Re:Apple and Google Face Growing Revolt Over App Store ‘Tax’ by culturestate on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:43PM (#17824126)
> If it was easier to pin a web page to your home screen, I think this would catch on more

On iOS, this is literally a two-tap process (share sheet -> add to home screen). I can't speak for the masses, but the reason I don't do it more often is because so many web apps are just bad on mobile. Slow, poor rendering, no attention paid to extended usability...

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Re:Apple and Google Face Growing Revolt Over App Store ‘Tax’ by PinkMilkshake on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:32AM (#17824817)
Modern Progressive Web Apps mostly fix these issues.

When you visit a proper PWA multiple times, your browser is supposed to notice and ask you if you want to save it to the Homescreen.

But you're right, web on mobile is still miserable in general.

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