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The average user and use case typically has internet connection so you're talking about edge-case scenarios. In a regular scenario, a native app can send whatev
by mschuetz 5y ago
The average user and use case typically has internet connection so you're talking about edge-case scenarios. In a regular scenario, a native app can send whatever it wants about your system to a server, including your sensitive photos and private information.
> Anything I click on that loads a new resource sends data to the server about what I'm doing.
Nothing stops native apps of doing that. Plenty require you to have internet connection and coerce you into telemetry. The difference is that one can only send data that the browser will allow it to have, while the other can read all your sensitive data on disk.
- xigoi 5y ago> The average user and use case typically has internet connection Clearly you're not poor or living in a developing country.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoAnd those people are unlikely to pay for my product
- mrlemke 5y agoOr living in a rural area with crappy Internet. I've installed wireless Internet in places where the people are wealthy but could only get a crappy DSL line. An Internet connected app, web or native, was a pain in the butt to use. Mobile users can have problems too. I still come across dead zones in network coverage that render some apps useless and I'm not even outside of town.