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Really unclear to me what you man by "third-party application" here. How is Google Chrome not third party, but this app is? Typically in this nomenclature the

Really unclear to me what you man by "third-party application" here. How is Google Chrome not third party, but this app is? Typically in this nomenclature the first and second parties are the user and OS (or computer) vendor. The third party is an application developer. So typically Google and Mozilla would be third parties the same as maker of the HN browser. Aside from that, I see no real distinction here. When I launch Firefox, it shows me on my "blank" home page (provided by the browser, not a web page) a list of popular articles curated by its Pocket division. This is essentially identical to what OP's app does. One is a browser that proffers links, the other is a browser that proffers links.

awaywopassd 8y ago
In Google Chrome, you have to type in the address of website you are visiting. It is a lot of different if Chrome showed content from other sites without you specifically requesting it and without showing URL of those articles. I have seen of lot of funny or meme apps which rip content off same popular websites. I think it unfair to operator of such sites. A lot of these app will show their ads, but won't pull in ads of publisher.
- apple4ever 8y ago
  But they are specifically requesting it. I think this is a bad argument. Showing web content is how the web works.