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The terms of service prohibits deep linking. Here's me breaking it: https://store.app/terms Seriously though, WTF? So much for "the web always wins".
I find it discouraging that the poster is very active in comments to this post, but thus far is ignoring concerns like this.
Nothing that can be blamed to the (web)app store, but I found it curious the overall very poor first impression experience that these small niche (or not so small) websites tend to offer... some have the feeling of just being an excuse prototype to be a quick grab for money / user accounts. I guess that not too unlike actual installable mobile apps, to be fair. My experience has been: I tried the Linear app, but coul…
Because PWA is largely just hype with nothing to show for it. We've been hearing about how they are just as good or better than native apps for years now. And yes, the only thing we get are poorly packaged barely working mobile sites.
I am on phone so it may be different for desktop but the button to show only installable apps can be improved to make it clear when it is pressed and when it's not. I don't just want installable apps, I want installable apps to be offline or at least offline first too with optional login. I won't even consider it installable if it needs Internet to be of any use. Please add a way to filter these too. Great domain and…
The terms of service prohibits deep linking. Here's me breaking it: https://store.app/terms Seriously though, WTF? So much for "the web always wins".
Is it just me that I like websites with URLs on the browser while trying to avoid Apps wherever possible, especially on the desktop? Please don’t take me the wrong way; I was the one developing apps for Pocket PC devices in the early 2000s. For instance, “Twitter” is the first featured “app” I see here at Store.App. However, when I use Twitter, I tend to click away on links and read/browse them. How are people using…
Depends on how you organise things. I generally DON'T close most tabs I open individually. I tend to open more and more tabs until I'm forced to close them all or most of them to keep things organised and then I start again. With habits such as mine, opening a webapp as an application rather than a tab will make it persist longer and be easier to find. Additionally, while 99.9% of users won't take advantage of this,…
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Most quality apps are native apps, they are not just web app under the hood. Then you are either using uncommon or niche apps, or you perhaps you are on Android (Play Store is a nightmare these days). The App Store (iOS) may not be perfect but there are truly quality apps and the developers have a real incentive to maintain these, seeing that the willingness to pay for apps is high in the Apple ecosystem.
But outside of messaging, music and browsing the web. how many native apps do you/people actually use? Because I'm personally under the impression that this is what most people use their phone for (maybe play a game or two as well). tough this might also depend on the countries where I lived (and when). And some people also take pictures of course
I think a vast majority still uses apps outside of messaging and music though, because social media exists. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, TikTok, SnapChat are all apps and it's absolutely the case that they are better off being true native apps, which they are.
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I am on desktop. There is a button that says 'Get'. When I click on it, I get prompted to 'Install the app on your device'. Which just sends me to the home page? I just check on mobile, same thing. How is visiting a website's homepage 'installing the app on my device?' I think some people might be turned off by the word Installing, when you're just visiting a website? The word Get seems misleading, because you are no…
