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Re:Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App by agildehaus on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:39AM (#18825329)
To add a progressive web app to the home screen on iOS, doesn't the user have to use the share menu (and even then, it's buried a bit -- the user has to page the share options at least once to find it)? There's no way to display a prompt to add it, like with Chrome/Firefox on Android?

That's how it was the last time I checked, and it was enough for my employer to say no.

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Re:Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App by TrueGeek on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:49AM (#18825435)
Yes. There is no way to prompt the user and, to make it worse, it can only be done from Safari. If the user is using a browser from the app store (like Chrome) it can't be done at all.
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Re:Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App by clarky07 on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:20PM (#18825735)
Yeah it is massively worse user experience than installing an app from the app store. I feel like anyone suggesting it is better has an agenda of some sort. It's objectively worse in every way for the user. Suggesting the $100 is a barrier to entry is absolutely laughable. If you are going to talk about money talk about the 30% cut they take. That's really the only reasonable argument in favor of them.
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