It was a good theory. Get users to install a lightweight version of the web-app via "Add to Home Screen". This removes a huge amount of friction that App Stores

It was a good theory. Get users to install a lightweight version of the web-app via "Add to Home Screen". This removes a huge amount of friction that App Stores have... However in practice it was extremely unpopular as majority of users don't want to install a PWA app, without looking at the app's rating and reviews on some kind of app store. In my experience PWA's have just become an annoying popup that annoying sites use to plant themselves on your device...