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I kind of at least partly agree with Chrome. My problem with it is that web apps are missing a lot of features you would want in a non-cloud environment for of
by eternityforest 3y ago
I kind of at least partly agree with Chrome. My problem with it is that web apps are missing a lot of features you would want in a non-cloud environment for offline use.
But if something is proprietary and cloud linked anyway I would much rather it all go through the web. That way open platforms still have a chance.
If banking apps and and Google payments and proprietary IoT devices controllers were all on the web, then a Linux phone might actually be viable!
- mike_hearn 3y agoHow would it be a "Linux phone" if the only software you could run was web apps? That which defines an OS is its APIs and unique capabilities, anything can act as a bootloader for Chrome.
- eternityforest 3y agoUnless they actually convince Linux to block non web apps, you could run whatever you want on a FOSS platform, you'd just be able to run proprietary web stuff in addition to native free software. I'm guessing eventually the native free software would move more and more into the browser too, but that's fine as long as you can still run the stuff that hasn't been moved yet or isn't interested in moving.