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This is a failing of Apple (and Google? not sure what their motivations are here). Smartphone apps need to be ephemeral, up and running in <5 seconds and delete

This is a failing of Apple (and Google? not sure what their motivations are here). Smartphone apps need to be ephemeral, up and running in <5 seconds and deleted as quickly. The heavyweight install/delete process means they're going to be fighting against the web's tide.

acdha 7y ago
> Smartphone apps need to be ephemeral, up and running in <5 seconds and deleted as quickly. Since the latter two points have been true for years, I’m assuming this comes down to what you have in mind by “ephemeral”? Something about whether it leaves an App Store purchase record behind or can persist data using e.g. iCloud?