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I don't won't to be tethered 24/7 to the internet to use my mobile phone. Data exchange isn't free, both in money and in environmental impact. That's a flawed a
by rakoo 4y ago
I don't won't to be tethered 24/7 to the internet to use my mobile phone. Data exchange isn't free, both in money and in environmental impact. That's a flawed assumption to begin with.
- never_inline 4y agoOn the other hand having to download all app details at once takes many MBs, not always fast. You can instead cache details of some applications. I think homebrew moved away from repository approach too.
- rakoo 4y agoI usually update repos while on wifi, then search, then use wifi again to download. I like the flexibility of not having to be connected, my phone has more than enough storage space to store a few MBs of repo database
- never_inline 4y agoYeah you have wifi. Not everyone has. In rural India, for example, mobile data is predominant way of getting internet.
- izacus 4y agoYou're talking about an app store here though - by definition it needs to retrieve the app itself and assets related to each entry (e.g. screenshots), so it's not like you're achieving anything useful by downloading the database offline. This isn't something like a news reader.
- rakoo 4y agoIt is useful to me. It allows me to search for apps while offline, and wait for non-metered data to actually download it; it's something I find myself using a lot