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"Better" is subjective. Web apps sacrifice performance, but you get an app that you don't have to install, that can't do anything malicious to your system witho
by jakelazaroff 6y ago
"Better" is subjective. Web apps sacrifice performance, but you get an app that you don't have to install, that can't do anything malicious to your system without your consent, that's (at least in theory) easily shareable and deep linkable. Maybe that tradeoff isn't worth it for you, but it is for a lot of people!
- corytheboyd 6y agoYeah this is the point right here that seems to be so easily forgotten. You lost every non-programmer at “okay download this binary and run it from the terminal with these flags”
- Santosh83 6y agoNot really. Non-programmers have also been using computers ever since the PC revolution and are quite used to downloading, installing and running programs, provided it has a usable GUI. After all, web apps are very recent. Even now, most programs are installed, and the rest are websites.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoWeb apps are relatively recent, sure. But the web is three decades old at this point. The majority of people using computers today grew up with web apps being a thing. It's difficult to verify, but my guess is your stats are backward: most programs are websites, and the rest are installed.