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Yes, because they will have a harder time tracking you and taking control over your phone and its data. Also web apps are not censored by the app store guideli

• criddell 4y ago
  Are you seriously arguing that the web does a better job of respecting user privacy than desktop and mobile operating systems?
  • anticrymactic 4y ago
    Yes that is what he's saying. It's also the truth and the only reason every social media forced you to use the app.
    • dymk 4y ago
      No, that's not why. It's because it's hard to make a performant Facebook webapp with all the bells and whistles.
  • manigandham 4y ago
    Yes. Mobile and desktop apps have much more data leakage because they can store more data for longer and have much more APIs to use. A mobile app provides 100x more detailed data with more persistence than a website ever could. This is well understood by the adtech industry and is why so many websites push apps in the first place.
    • criddell 4y ago
      Historically I think you are right but I'm not so sure it's still the case. Do you think an iPhone with the tracking blocker engaged is still a richer source of data than the web app on an iPhone? Facebook claims that Apple's privacy protections cost them $10 billion of revenue the first year.
      • manigandham 4y ago
        Yes. Apple's changes have reduced tracking in both modalities but webapps are far more constricted by Safari than native apps.
  • ajsnigrutin 4y ago
    Yes. When i close the webpage, that page is gone. It's not running in the background silently collecting data. With a properly configured browser (a few extensions, no third party cookies, or even separate containers), it doesn't have much data to gather in the first place.
• kuschku 4y ago
  > Also web apps are not censored by the app store guidelines. Neither is any of the apps on custom F-Droid repos.