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>I'm a believer than an app always outdoes a "mobile-friendly" site. I disagree. Downloading and installing a binary blob in order to then download some text i
by cmdrfred 10y ago
>I'm a believer than an app always outdoes a "mobile-friendly" site.
I disagree. Downloading and installing a binary blob in order to then download some text is a worse UX for me.
>Also an app lets you require a user to sign a ToS once after installation without requiring accounts.
A cookie would solve this problem.
I suspect the real reason people keep pushing apps is they are much more monetizable rather than taking the user into account.
- Freak_NL 10y ago> I suspect the real reason people keep pushing apps is they are much more monetizable rather than taking the user into account. Exactly. With an app you get full control over the users experience. No adblockers, no tracker disabling extensions (e.g., Privacy Badger), none of the benefits of a simple website. What about immigrants who can't afford a smartphone and use a computer at a public library? If you want to be seen as the StackOverflow of immigration, providing an Android/IOS-only experience instead of simply requiring a modern web browser is either short sighted or suspicious — why do you need people to install your software?