[red_admiral]

I call BS. The title is incorrect, and the contents are deceptive.

If you visit the gov.uk page from a mobile, you get a suggestion for the app.

If you visit on _desktop_, you get https://www.gov.uk/eta/apply ( reached from https://www.gov.uk/eta ) which offers app and online (browser) options just beneath each other.

Also, the author here isn't looking at the ETA main page, they're looking specifically at the _help page for the app_ which, yes, talks about the app (but tells you that you can apply online if it doesn't work).

[rhazn]

(article author here): The big green "Start Now" button on https://www.gov.uk/eta/apply takes me to the same double push-for-the-app flow in the article (on desktop firefox). But otherwise true, should probably have searched for "UK ETA", but coming from the announcement, that is very clear you need the app, searching for "UK ETA App" felt natural.

[dwroberts]

There is a link that says “I cannot use the app” and at the bottom of the page there is “Apply online instead” which takes you here, and you just press next:

https://apply-for-an-eta.homeoffice.gov.uk/apply/electronic-...

[red_admiral]

I accept your rebuttal. Not needing to apply for an ETA myself, I found the big green button and stopped there.

[ale42]

Sure but if you click on the "online one" you still have to skip two pages offering you to use the app instead. The same pages you see in the article.