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I still can't believe it's app-only, that there's no desktop version. I refuse to wall off parts of the internet into silos that I have to enter through downloa
by Emma_Goldman 3y ago
I still can't believe it's app-only, that there's no desktop version. I refuse to wall off parts of the internet into silos that I have to enter through downloadable portals.
- thomond 3y agoBut it does have a website: https://www.threads.net/@zuck https://www.threads.net/@zuck Is the website read-only or something?
- Eavolution 3y agoGod that logo is abysmal.
- Emma_Goldman 3y agoClick through onto specific posts, and it reads: "Get the app to like, reply and post." I suppose this is so it can, like Twitter, be shared and embedded elsewhere for reference. There is no general landing page if you go to threads.net.
- thomond 3y agoI can click through to post and view the replies. I'm in the EU so I can't create an account, that might explain the difference.
- Santosh83 3y agoIt shows a blank page on Firefox, though displays as it should on Edge/Chrome. I guess they simply haven't considered deploying for non-Chromium engines yet.
- snailmailman 3y agoIt seems like it’s going to eventually have activitypub / mastodon support? I’m hoping I can just follow everyone from Threads in my existing mastodon app. (Or from the webui of the instance I use) Lots of instances are anti-meta integration. But imo the protocol is open specifically for this kinda thing. I don’t have to use Facebook’s garbage, but I can still get content from people who do.
- londons_explore 3y agoIt will only have activitypub/mastodon till it is the number 1 player... At that point, suddenly the activitypub feeds will start mysteriously getting unreliable/ratelimited and eventually support will be dropped and it'll be back to a silo. You only build the walls high after you have captured everyone...
- pjc50 3y ago> It seems like it’s going to eventually have activitypub If you believe that, I'd like to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. It will eventually have activitypub too!
- londons_explore 3y agoI just run anbox so I can run android apps as desktop apps. Sometimes it actually performs better than a crappy slow react webapp.
- londons_explore 3y agoSometimes you get banned from apps because anbox makes you look like a botter...
- yungporko 3y agointernet applications which have no web app have been a thing for much longer than web apps have been a thing, what a weird thing to take a stand against.
- mhoad 3y agoThis is an intentional strategy to work around ad-blocking and other data harvesting practices. Just take a look at the privacy information screen in the iOS App Store for example.
- dartharva 3y agoAll other platforms allow users to block ads and other malware on its platform. iOS is the only one that is actively anti-hacker. That's the difference.
- fsckboy 3y ago>iOS is the only one that is actively anti-hacker anti-hacker? I think on the hierarchical scale of hackers, people who download and deploy adblockers should be rated "script kiddy" :)
- Mordisquitos 3y agoWhat proportion of hackers above the "script kiddies" level do you think don't actively block ads?
- dartharva 3y agoI'm using "hacker" to refer to its original, broader meaning as a term, not the meaning pop media uses. Similar to the way how this site "Hacker News" is for all kinds of "hackers" in general, not just infosec crackers.
- lacrimacida 3y agoIm using adblockers on iOS and am getting quite a decent experience.
- janalsncm 3y agoI assume they wanted to ship ASAP and didn’t want to build something on every platform at once. They’re capitalizing on Twitter’s dumpster fire, what’s important is getting a product out there that 1) replicates basic Twitter functionality and 2) millions of people can easily access.
- rchaud 3y agoI assume they did it because they consider web browsers to be a hindrance to their tracking panopticon.
- WeylandYutani 3y agoSmartphones are the future not desktops. Hell I know someone who bought one of those Samsung foldable phones so that he could ditch his laptop.