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there is something fundamentally different, you can choose not to update a native appp, you can also choose to run an old verion. you can also continue a nativ
by throwaway64 15y ago
there is something fundamentally different, you can choose not to update a native appp, you can also choose to run an old verion. you can also continue a native app if the creator decides its not worthwhile, or google buys them out
chrome is the exception not the rule
- aboodman 15y agoMy point is that there is nothing* preventing any native app from including code to update itself. Over time, I believe that more and more native apps will do this. For example, Firefox is moving in that direction now. * Except for in the case of iOS. Apple has a policy that apps are not allowed to update themselves. But there's still no technical limitation.
- shinratdr 15y agoRight so we're discussing the reality of the situation, which is that web apps would have no choice but to force update (as they would be run server-side and hence the client wouldn't have a choice) and that native apps could be possibly, but aren't.