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> That's an UI problem easily fixable by browsers. Not as easily solved as using the app model. > That's the beauty of an open web. And that's never going aw
by Andrex 15y ago
> That's an UI problem easily fixable by browsers.
Not as easily solved as using the app model.
> That's the beauty of an open web.
And that's never going away. But there's a reason devs are all over iOS and Android right now, and not making web apps that are much easier to make cross-platform.
> Easily checkable by other means.
Not as easily, though. Nor as intuitively.
> You're basically trying to redefine the problem to fit the solution.
Me? I'm not working on the Web Store team.
The solution is much-needed and is several years late. Google Maps and Gmail basically launched the web app wave, only for all the innovation to happen in mobile operating systems. It's time to bring those innovations to the browsers and make browsers the preeminent platform once again, which is what the web app and app store model seeks to accomplish.
- bad_user 15y agoIMHO, I think the reason for devs liking iOS is because iOS represents a distribution channel for shitty/low-budget apps, with low customers expectations, customers that also have credit cards. But the gold-rush is going to end at some point, when the Top 50 chart is going to be dominated by the likes of EA Games and Blizzard.
- Andrex 15y ago"Devs like it because there's money in it." Well, yes. It should be the goal of every platform to have a healthy developer ecosystem, so that the largest amount of devs can make some money. Just like in a country's economy, the goal should be to push the average quality of life higher.
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