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True, but I think the push for web apps is mostly about lock-in and ad-financed web services.

• aperiodic 9y ago
  How do web-apps help lock-in? Because you can force users to update?
  • tannhaeuser 9y ago
    Because your data is being held hostage by the service provider. No more grandmas showing photo albums to their grandchildren when Facebook is long gone 30 years from now :'(
    • aperiodic 9y ago
      Well, you can easily do this with a native app that relies on content from your servers (e.g. dropbox).
      • tannhaeuser 9y ago
        But with dropbox and/or alternatives you can always access raw files via the/a file browser. With Fb, OTOH, there was a story some time ago where you only could download photos in downscaled resolutions, or where downloading native resolution files was hidden in obscure option menus.