Dear insert website name,

just stop asking me to your mobile app.

I dont want want to use it.

I dont care if you think your app is the bees knees.

Dear websites, please stop asking me to download your mobile app

If I wanted to use your app, Id go to the app store and download said app.

But I didnt do that.

Instead, Im writing this article to state the obvious.

I prefer to access your service within the comfort of a internet tool, thank-you-very-much.

You have to let people know your app exists, sure.

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You paid developers a lot of money to create an app for the smoothest native software experience.

It probably lets you implement fancier features that are hard to incorporate on a website.

But I still dont want to use it.

Guess which experience I care about more.

Besides, sometimes using a web app is just better.

Worse, native apps are often plagued with frustrating limitations compared to their web equivalents.

I repeat: if I wanted to use your app, Id already have downloaded it.

Even when Idodownload an app, I still dont want to use it all the time.

Annoying your users into submission isnt good design.

So, pretty kindly, stop pestering me.

Sincerely,

Everyone, presumably.

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