On: Things you can do with a browser in 2020

[TheCoelacanth]

App developers care about the barrier to getting users to use their app. The barrier to getting a user to click on a weblink is much, much lower than the barrier to getting them to install an app.

[millstone → TheCoelacanth]

This is one of the largest failings of the App Store providers. They should recognize this installation barrier and work towards fast and ephemeral app installs.

[AgentME → millstone]

I think it's great that they don't do a good job there, because it gives a big advantage to a cross-platform open-source open-standards alternative.

Though Android does try to address this with Google Play Instant (https://developer.android.com/topic/google-play-instant). I've never encountered it in the wild though.

[TheCoelacanth → millstone]

The two main App Store providers already have products that provide fast, ephemeral app installs: Safari and Chrome.