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Needing to install, open and update an application to use a service as opposed to the 'convenience' of just entering a URL in a browser.

• rimantas 10y ago
  Web page does not need opening? Interesting… Updates happen automatically now.
  • maelito 10y ago
    After installing it, you need to open it (ok, it's easy). Updates frequently require approval of new permissions (android).
    • mdadm 10y ago
      But the alternative seems to be browser exposing APIs for all those permissions through Javascript and the end-user not really having any control over that. Perhaps I'm just naive about it, since I really don't do Javascript-based development, but this seems to be a worse idea than apps.
  • technomancy 10y ago
    Web pages don't require uninstalling when you decide they're not worth it.