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Basti Ortiz

It's quite unfortunate, really...

It's very dismaying, but the way I see it (as a user), PWAs are just not intuitive because they are inherently decentralized. The independence is good, but at the end of the day, I prefer browsing the Play Store simply because it already has a universal catalog of apps. It's just easier to use.

On the other hand, PWAs have to be installed on a per-site basis. Until PWAs have an established universal platform on which apps can be discovered, then nobody will ever discover those apps.

I'm not advocating for a monopolization of an app catalog as in the Play Store or Apple Store, but there has to be some reliable and established websites out there that serve as "catalogs". Even better, allowing PWAs into the app stores should be a proper solution as well.

In summary, as cool as decentralization sounds, it is not easy to use from a user standpoint. But then again, that's my opinion on it as a user.

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David Dal Busco • Edited

It makes totally sense, we can probably also add that we, as users, are now used to browse stores.

Good things is, it is now possible to add PWA to Google Play. I recently used the PWA Builder to ease the process to bring DeckDeckGo to the store, maybe that's actually the future? Being able to stick to PWA but having the opportunity to bring these in stores too? If so, let's hope that Apple will wake up or at some point will hate to follow the movement.

Thank you for your feedback!

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Basti Ortiz

Precisely! It's not that PWAs are terrible; it's just that the UX of app discovery and installation are extremely tedious and cumbersome.

 
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David Dal Busco • Edited

Hopefully these stores stops will make this better or someone will have a genius idea 🤞