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Locally installed software is, if anything, more prevalent than ever before. Let's put aside mobile for a minute that so changed the landscape towards locally
by themartorana 10y ago
Locally installed software is, if anything, more prevalent than ever before.
Let's put aside mobile for a minute that so changed the landscape towards locally installed that it put Google's revenue model on its heels.
You see WhatsApp, Slack, etc., releasing Electron apps just to try to appear locally installable. If there wasn't such a high demand for it, and people weren't clamoring for a stand-alone app instead of a browser tab, companies would never invest the time and money.
- rtpg 10y agoRight, but it could be a browser feature right? The main issue (for example in OS X) is that everything gets subsumed by the browser process so things like Command+Tab don't work as well. There are, of course, also OS integration issues, but over time I think we'll get pretty far along on that front.
- greggman 10y agoWho's clamoring for apps? AFAICT that's only the companies that want the apps because it lets them spy on their customers in more ways.