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If websites are turned into web apps with more features, it's probably because it's bringing in money, in the form of users or consumers, don't you think? If co
by agust 5y ago
If websites are turned into web apps with more features, it's probably because it's bringing in money, in the form of users or consumers, don't you think? If consumers tended to like simple "interactive" websites like we used to have 10 years ago, companies would probably not bother building modern web apps. But that's not the case. Web apps, in general, do provide a way better experience than simple websites, and users do like them. There is no propaganda at work here, just simple market mechanisms.
If anyone is to blame for showing that a better user experience is possible, it's probably those who pushed for quality UI in native apps, that web apps are trying to match.
- userbinator 5y agoNo, users often have next to no choice in what they are forced to use, or don't know better. It's just that the industry has been saturated with too many web developers who have nothing else to do, and companies like Google trying to increase their browser monopoly --- which ties in with attempting to make sure that users "don't know better". Talk to people outside of the tech bubble. They hate what's happening, and also feel powerless to stop it.