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> The browser becomes the OS. You're just changing where the abstraction happens. That's probably correct. For me, I think (for me) it's about control of cont
by vlod 4y ago
> The browser becomes the OS. You're just changing where the abstraction happens.
That's probably correct.
For me, I think (for me) it's about control of content.
I detest using an app for newssite-A and another for newsite-B (I don't do this), especially if they bombard me with ads, popups and dark patterns to generate their objectives.
e.g. Twitter constantly messing with their stream, instagram going more towards videos.
It's a cesspool and I don't know how the average (not techie) finds it acceptable. Cable TV went this way and for me unwatchable.
With a browser, I can remove obnoxious ads, disable popups and fix css to my liking.
Not sure if we need to have protocol per content-type. The browser kinda does this already and gives me the control.
- vlod 4y agoHere's an e.g. [0] of the BS that apps do: FTA: "Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has been rewriting websites its users visit, letting the company follow them across the web after they click links in its apps, according to new research from an ex-Google engineer. The two apps have been taking advantage of the fact that users who click on links are taken to webpages in an “in-app browser”, controlled by Facebook or Instagram, rather than sent to the user’s web browser of choice, such as Safari or Firefox." Sigh [0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/11/meta-injecting-code-into-websites-visited-by-its-users-to-track-them-research-says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/11/meta-inje...