[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 255716] Feature request: Implement `BeforeInstallPrompt` event for programmatic Add to Home Screen

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255716

--- Comment #7 from Marcos Caceres <marcosc at apple.com> ---
(In reply to Thomas Steiner from comment #6)
> Well, Safari's criterion for triggering this prompt event is then just `if
> (true) {}`. Decouple your thinking from Chrome's implementation. Safari's
> would always `preventDefault()` and let the developer trigger the dialog
> (prompt) manually. When the user clicks the HTML button, the app would jump
> straight into the state shown at
> https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=466006.

Right, let’s game this out: say then this event fires after a few seconds in *every single web page* (as they all meet the “UA-criteria” now). 

Suddenly every site is popping over the install sheet when a user clicks on anything (because now they can call .prompt() with almost zero cost). 

So, even if there good actors with nice install buttons, it would be rife for abuse (as we’ve seen with other permission prompts).

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