> 1) I don't want to see the prompts to allow push notifications from a webapp...
You wouldn't have to get them unless you proactively installed the PWA to your home screen.
> 2) Generally I'd rather none of the software I use be webtech, so anything that makes it easier to deliver webtech to my phone/tablet is a step the wrong direction...so no-one can bug me about it or cajole me into using it.
That's your only reason? Because people ask you to use web apps? Perhaps that's because you want the wrong thing for some reason. You haven't explained what that reason is very well at all.
> In short, my UX on iOS is better without them even being possible...
You have never experienced this, so how could you possibly know? Also, no it wouldn't.
> so why would I prefer they be allowed?
Because you haven't listed any good reasons why you're right, which usually means that you're wrong.
You wouldn't have to get them unless you proactively installed the PWA to your home screen.
> 2) Generally I'd rather none of the software I use be webtech, so anything that makes it easier to deliver webtech to my phone/tablet is a step the wrong direction...so no-one can bug me about it or cajole me into using it.
That's your only reason? Because people ask you to use web apps? Perhaps that's because you want the wrong thing for some reason. You haven't explained what that reason is very well at all.
> In short, my UX on iOS is better without them even being possible...
You have never experienced this, so how could you possibly know? Also, no it wouldn't.
> so why would I prefer they be allowed?
Because you haven't listed any good reasons why you're right, which usually means that you're wrong.