[ivarv]

I totally agree with your second point, but your first won't work. If a PWA has been downloaded it can report back its status - any PWA developer would rely on their own status tracking implementation, not some unreliable flag provided by Safari.

[kitsunesoba]

Yeah I see no issue for “installed” PWAs having access to real status, I just don’t want to see any hint of a prompt while I’m in my browser. The web’s lack of intention-gating makes it too ripe for abuse, but once a PWA is installed the user has expressed interest and a higher level of consent.