Re: [w3c/manifest] Use case for appuninstall event (#636)

> However, I tend to agree with @skddc about that approach adding complexity and confusion for users, particularly because they've become accustomed to the native app lifecycle where uninstalling removes local data.

Regarding the event, I don't think spinning up the PWA to fire the event is appropriate.  

Maybe the spec should say that, upon "uninstalling" (OS specific definition of whatever that means), the user agent must "clear persistent buckets" as per Web Storage spec. What's the new HTTP Header that was proposed to do that? Basically we could behave the same way here. That way, we don't need the event. The browser just does the right thing, which is purge locally stored data, as if the use had cleared site data manually.

 

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