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PWAs: This Flatpak does not have write access to...
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Error:

This Flatpak does not have write access to ~/.local/share/applications and ~/.local/share/icons, so it cannot install or uninstall PWAs.
Once you grant access to those two directories (Flatseal is the easiest method), you can attempt to re-create the shortcuts from chrome://apps.
Close.

Solution:

flatpak override --user --filesystem=~/.local/share/applications --filesystem=~/.local/share/icons com.google.Chrome # or your preferred browser
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