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Purpose-specific apps give them what they want without the hassle of the web - browser incompatibilities, plugins, codecs, address bars that might as well not e
by benologist 15y ago
Purpose-specific apps give them what they want without the hassle of the web - browser incompatibilities, plugins, codecs, address bars that might as well not exist, malware, scams.
Remember that time a blog accidentally outranked Facebook for 'facebook login' on Google and people couldn't find Facebook anymore? The web is hard for a lot of people.
- gcb 15y agoAnd instead now they have 200 unofficial craigslist apps that do god-knows to your phone. We are back to the BBS days, everyone's downloading binary files!