Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Website app install prompts
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 6 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Websites repeatedly push users to install their appUnreviewed
20132026- Websites push users to install an app just to read content2026-08-28
- Websites repeatedly push users to install their app2023-09-14
- Full-screen app install popups on every website visit are intrusive and hard to dismiss2014-02-25
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Websites push users to install an app just to read content2026-08-28
- About 40% of the screen is taken up by a prompt to download the app2023-12-08
- Websites repeatedly push users to install their app2023-09-14
- Full-screen app install popups on every website visit are intrusive and hard to dismiss2014-02-25
- Apps they install are broken, slow embedded browsers wrapping the website2013-06-12
- Download button styled like an ad, so the user couldn't see it for minutes2013-03-14