web apps are websites with standalone

the name "install" is bad and the wording is NOT a web standard, NOTHING is installed

the question is web capabilities

one core capability is caching and offline via service workers

no need for "install" for this

"installing" a web app does not even need anything anymore, not even offline or service workers... it is ONLY switch to standalone and get a launch button or be integrated into app launchers on OS

behind "install" is a bad and immature web app manifest api, it is a draft... the wording install must go

it is one of MANY possible web capabilities for a web domain to be able run standalone and get a button

apple cannot ban this since a shortcut to chrome cannot be deemed unsafe, where then CHROME decides to run standalone or not

the real problem is NOT that safari kills standalone

they try to kill a lot of web capability, like service workers, and NOT JUST FOR SAFARI

I mean this will not stand, you CAN stay apple-level-safe (whether it is more or less than other platforms) by CHOOSING safari

it is an obvious CHOICE to be granted to trust google, mozilla or microsoft and their web security model to stay safe with THEM on the web

no argument why this should not be allowed if other native apps are allowed

and come on, even mac os is safe with service workers in chromium