Re: [w3c/manifest] beforeinstallprompt : Prompting user makes it to hard to discern whether the user truly wanted to "install" a web app (#835)

We do seem to be talking past each other a bit. @tomayac, you pointed out that the "please install me" prompt [doesn't have to be intrusive](https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/835#issuecomment-564889865), and so maybe with this UI improvement in browsers, developers no longer need the `beforeinstallprompt` event. @marcoscaceres, I think you're saying that's Mozilla's position.

I'd thought @rniwa [was also making that argument](https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/835#issuecomment-565123787), but the [latest comment](https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/835#issuecomment-565140035) explicitly distinguishes between websites for which "We don't want to prompt anyone to install / save-to-home-screen" (because [an installed web app may be able to do things the browser-based app can't](https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/835#issuecomment-563649031)) vs native iOS apps, for which [Smart App Banners](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/PromotingAppswithAppBanners/PromotingAppswithAppBanners.html) do prompt users to install the app, which can do things the browser-based app can't. These banners are described as a "method of promoting apps on the App Store from a website", not as just a ["link[] to the relevant content in App Store"](https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/835#issuecomment-564807881), which could be expressed with the `itms-apps:` scheme.

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