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What if you want a "one thing" simple program to be used by command-line (with pipes), though? What if you want to work without internet connections, too? Inter

What if you want a "one thing" simple program to be used by command-line (with pipes), though? What if you want to work without internet connections, too? Interaction with other programs (specified by user)? Use local display options for GUI? etc? HTML is not very good for that, I think. (While you can make local HTML files that work without internet connection, it isn't very well for some kinds of uses. And, this does not solve any of the other issues that I had mentioned, too.)

solardev 4y ago
> command-line (with pipes) Most people just wouldn't. You're still free to use imagick or gd if you, yourself, want to, but RemoveBG is a far better choice for most users. > What if you want to work without internet connections, too? Then you have to find special tools for that, because it's a less and less common scenario. But the online-only tool is still useful if you're online 99% of your work life anyway. > local display, GUI, other uses cases, etc. Yes, absolutely you're right, there will always be cases where tool X doesn't fit edge case Y for user Z. But the web is the "good enough" option for an overwhelming majority of situations, and I'd argue the preferred option over a desktop app for many use cases -- everything from background removal to Google Docs. Web apps can (and have) replaced email, office tools, encyclopedias, disc drives, etc. because they are so low-barrier, even if they don't have 100% feature parity with the older tools. Simplicity is very attractive, and quite valuable, for people who don't need all the power user features.