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If you ask me it should be the other way around, do we need web apps at all? 1. Most web "apps" actually only work on Chrome, so there's that. So much for the

If you ask me it should be the other way around, do we need web apps at all? 1. Most web "apps" actually only work on Chrome, so there's that. So much for the open, standardized web. 2. Most web apps track the heck out of everything you do. 3. Most web apps are sluggish and use more resources than they should. 4. Most web apps are like Juicero, expensive solutions to non existent problems.

dzonga 8y ago
I think 4. applies to Native apps -- if we look at the App Store and the dreams of wannapreneurs it's mostly an App for that. Bet 98% of the apps on the App Store get a $1k in revenue/month
- yellowapple 8y ago
  "Bet 98% of the apps on the App Store get a $1k in revenue/month" That ain't too bad. A handful of apps like that could let a developer live reasonably comfortably.
- potta_coffee 8y ago
  Hell, if that were true, I'd be making apps. I doubt that any but a small percentage of apps make any money at all.
  - dzonga 8y ago
    I meant bet 98% don't make $1k in revenue. my bad
p3llin0r3 8y ago
> 1. Most web "apps" actually only work on Chrome, so there's that. So much for the open, standardized web. This is completely anecdotal, so I'll volunteer my own anecdote: I've used Firefox for years and basically never run into issues. Sometimes a website will say "We don't support your browser", but if you change your user agent it works fine. > 2. Most web apps track the heck out of everything you do. So installing a native app with even MORE access to what you do is a better solution? How about Uber tracking you after you get out of your cab? To suggest this is a "web app" problem is false. > 4. Most web apps are like Juicero, expensive solutions to non existent problems. Haha, you are SO RIGHT about this one! One of my smell-tests for a web-app is: "Could your website be reasonably replaced with a spreadsheet?" It's funny because I LOVE spreadsheets, and simply using a spreadsheet is better 99% of the time.

dzonga 8y ago

I think 4. applies to Native apps -- if we look at the App Store and the dreams of wannapreneurs it's mostly an App for that. Bet 98% of the apps on the App Store get a $1k in revenue/month

yellowapple 8y ago
"Bet 98% of the apps on the App Store get a $1k in revenue/month" That ain't too bad. A handful of apps like that could let a developer live reasonably comfortably.
potta_coffee 8y ago
Hell, if that were true, I'd be making apps. I doubt that any but a small percentage of apps make any money at all.
- dzonga 8y ago
  I meant bet 98% don't make $1k in revenue. my bad

p3llin0r3 8y ago

> 1. Most web "apps" actually only work on Chrome, so there's that. So much for the open, standardized web. This is completely anecdotal, so I'll volunteer my own anecdote: I've used Firefox for years and basically never run into issues. Sometimes a website will say "We don't support your browser", but if you change your user agent it works fine. > 2. Most web apps track the heck out of everything you do. So installing a native app with even MORE access to what you do is a better solution? How about Uber tracking you after you get out of your cab? To suggest this is a "web app" problem is false. > 4. Most web apps are like Juicero, expensive solutions to non existent problems. Haha, you are SO RIGHT about this one! One of my smell-tests for a web-app is: "Could your website be reasonably replaced with a spreadsheet?" It's funny because I LOVE spreadsheets, and simply using a spreadsheet is better 99% of the time.