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Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps

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Post by guillohm »

guillohm wrote: post #212

I'm the developer behind merrysky.net. Just submitted my app: https://store.app/merrysky-net Great UI at store.app. thx!

I'm getting duplicate emails about my app being verified. Might want to check that on your side.

5 emails with subject "Your domain has been verified"

Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps

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Post by presson »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #206
Philip-J-Fry wrote: post #181

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He's not talking about the contents of the ToS. Click the back button on the page, it takes you back here. You'd expect it to take you back to the homepage of the site. If you deeplink to that page then there's no way out other than editing the URL.

No, they're just using history.back() on that button, not making a statement. That's just being lazy on a /tos or /privacy page as most of us have done in our life.

Fix is on staging. Also updated terms to remove the bullet about deep linking, which should not have been included.

Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps

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Post by presson »

guillohm wrote: post #213
guillohm wrote: post #212

I'm the developer behind merrysky.net. Just submitted my app: https://store.app/merrysky-net Great UI at store.app. thx!

I'm getting duplicate emails about my app being verified. Might want to check that on your side. 5 emails with subject "Your domain has been verified"

Yikes, thank you for flagging! We're looking into this now. Thanks for joining us :-)

Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps

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Post by tanayg »

matsz wrote: post #78
presson wrote: post #47

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Awesome, thanks for the feedback! That's a great idea - I've posted it in our internal channel. Also, you should have been approved for a dev account - we're excited to have you onboard! Please feel free to let us know how we can help - our mission is to help web devs grow their business.

Thanks, works well - just one small bit of feedback there: wish there were some hints on aspect ratios for the screenshots (or they should be displayed at the image's aspect ratio). Currently the sides get cut off: https://store.app/drop-lol Also, would be nice to have a "more by this developer" section. (Or any other "similar to" recommendation section.)

Hi, I'm an engineer at Store.app. Thanks so much for the feedback, love the listings (and nice lighthouse score!). We're definitely planning to surface more developer information on the listings, this is a great idea. Your profile page does currently highlight the apps you own with some of their metrics and a feature of our verified plan is you get an "About the developer" card on your listing that links to your profile. More on the way!

Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps

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Post by presson »

auggierose wrote: post #175
presson wrote: post #147

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We've been getting feedback to keep the "installable" filter on by default, which I think is a good idea. We'll implement tomorrow. Eventually this'll evolve quite a bit, but we're taking a measure approach. Stay tuned! :-)

It's the same for me, but I have already filtered for installable. I guess this doesn't work on desktop, Safari 16.1?

You'll need Safari 17 to be able to install (Apple calls it "add to dock"). Otherwise, try Chrome.

Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps

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Post by hnlmorg »

wredue wrote: post #205
hnlmorg wrote: post #189

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Are you not concerned by how much data those apps could be harvesting? There is a reason Reddit et al push you towards their app and it isn’t because they make money from selling it on the App Store ;)

There is zero chance that Apollo was harvesting more data than the official Reddit app.

I was talking clearly about the official apps. Apollo charges for their app so it’s pretty clear where their monetisation comes from.

Re: Show HN: An app store just for installable web apps

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Post by hnlmorg »

sgt wrote: post #196
Woeps wrote: post #180

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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

Some people are big app users, but very few have a variety of niche apps installed. Those same people probably don't use computers for more than the 1% they are capable of doing. 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…

> If you’re wondering “Is Instagram a native app?” or “Is Facebook a native app?”, the answer to both is no. They are both hybrid apps with numerous “native” features.

https://www.mobileapps.com/blog/what-is-a-native-app

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