> Such a conclusion cannot reasonably be made from the data you have presented.

I’m responding to somebody who presented the following with absolutely nothing to back it up:

> Make it a PWA. This will make it accessible to many more people. Nobody wants to install an app. Nobody wants to install a PWA either but they will at least use a "web site" (a surprising number will install it if it's good).

The stats I’ve seen point in the opposite direction and I see no reason not to share that. Why are you giving them a free pass to share their opinion with zero stats but pull me up when I actually base my opinion on real stats? Looking past somebody saying “a surprising number” to complain about somebody sharing actual numbers is bizarre.

> It merely means that your web app was not preferred over your native app.

No, I’m talking about hundreds of apps hosting a wide range of independent communities. It wasn’t a single app for a single demographic.

This should not be a controversial stance. Saying that people prefer native to PWA on the desktop is not a controversial stance and the advantages for native on mobile are even more pronounced. The very existence of the App Store came about because when Steve Jobs told everybody if they wanted to build apps for the iPhone they should be web apps, the market demanded native apps.

PWA uptake is dismal. People strongly prefer native apps.