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> Mobile apps should die..for they add little value but cause massive privacy problems. Mobile apps that are a bad fit for the platform should die. Not everyth

> Mobile apps should die..for they add little value but cause massive privacy problems. Mobile apps that are a bad fit for the platform should die. Not everything needs to be a mobile app but some products and services absolutely benefit from being mobile and native.

zapzupnz 8y ago
I'd also love to see video games on mobile devices running through a browser with the same level of immersion and capability as, say, Infinity Blade, Gear.Club, Flatpack, or, heck, Minecraft. I know I've only cited one category of mobile app, but it illustrates the point that anybody who tells you "xyz needs to die" might have a very myopic view of what xyz actually is.
- stevewodil 8y ago
  VR porn is really powerful in browser. I'm not sure if that relates to anything I just wanted to let you know that there's hope
- thisisweirdok 8y ago
  there's really not a whole lot standing in the way of this being a possibility
  - zapzupnz 8y ago
    I know it's cynical to say, but if that's the case, where are all the big budget 3D triple A games in web browsers? Still a long way to go, and I remain unconvinced that web browsers are the best place to play those kinds of games, especially on mobile. Even with the ability to hide the web browser chrome by adding a web app to the home screen, abstractions upon abstractions upon abstractions without proper access to system frameworks that the browser doesn't have access to (like ARKit, HealthKit, etc.) low-level APIs (like Metal, as opposed to WebGL) just get in the way of what game developers are capable of now. We might get there in the future, but not yet.
- ttty 8y ago
  Take a look at http://bitplanets.com http://bitplanets.com It's a game that works on phone
  - zapzupnz 8y ago
    Not even vaguely comparable. A rather ugly 2D browser game doesn't match the titles I suggested, nor even the most shovelware games that make the top lists on the App Store.

zapzupnz 8y ago

I'd also love to see video games on mobile devices running through a browser with the same level of immersion and capability as, say, Infinity Blade, Gear.Club, Flatpack, or, heck, Minecraft. I know I've only cited one category of mobile app, but it illustrates the point that anybody who tells you "xyz needs to die" might have a very myopic view of what xyz actually is.

stevewodil 8y ago
VR porn is really powerful in browser. I'm not sure if that relates to anything I just wanted to let you know that there's hope
thisisweirdok 8y ago
there's really not a whole lot standing in the way of this being a possibility
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  I know it's cynical to say, but if that's the case, where are all the big budget 3D triple A games in web browsers? Still a long way to go, and I remain unconvinced that web browsers are the best place to play those kinds of games, especially on mobile. Even with the ability to hide the web browser chrome by adding a web app to the home screen, abstractions upon abstractions upon abstractions without proper access to system frameworks that the browser doesn't have access to (like ARKit, HealthKit, etc.) low-level APIs (like Metal, as opposed to WebGL) just get in the way of what game developers are capable of now. We might get there in the future, but not yet.
ttty 8y ago
Take a look at http://bitplanets.com http://bitplanets.com It's a game that works on phone
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  Not even vaguely comparable. A rather ugly 2D browser game doesn't match the titles I suggested, nor even the most shovelware games that make the top lists on the App Store.