I just responded to the one negative PWA-related post I found via search, but I don’t see it in the list. So I am going to add a new post, here.
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I hate the fact that (apparently) no browser has a setting to disable the “Install {app name here}” appearing in the URL field. Animated or not. It’s distracting, it’s annoying.
Not everyone thinks PWAs are cool; not everyone wants to be nagged to install a PWA; some of us just want a simple browser experience, without being forced to have a PWA option - even if it’s not automatically installing the PWA.
I just want to have a browser experience where I’m not asked/prodded/nagged to do something I really don’t want to do. Especially when it’s not a security feature, or something that’s actually beneficial to the user experience. PWAs are not beneficial; they are lazy, and badly implemented.
If you like PWAs, great. I have no problem with you liking PWAs. I have a problem with programmers who add a feature to an application that he/she thinks everyone will love, without providing an option to not be exposed to said feature, and making it part of the UX/UI with no choice. No matter how “cool”, “chic”, or “%!$&@* awesome” it is.
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