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Web platform is already pretty secure/privacy oriented (maybe more than the phone apps). But web apps are impossible to install on the phones, because apple/go
by octacat 3y ago
Web platform is already pretty secure/privacy oriented (maybe more than the phone apps).
But web apps are impossible to install on the phones, because apple/google love and push their native apps (love their 30% cut).
oh, people would say "but what is about resources?"... - many apps are just web-view anyway.
- i5-2520M 3y agoHow are web apps impossible to install?
- octacat 3y agoYou have to use browser on mobile to enter them (no way to add an icon for them). + there are some other limitations. There was an article about that. Web platform is pretty capable to be used for app development, it would save a lot of developer hours to not develop for 3 platforms.
- Borgz 3y agoThis is a problem that PWAs address
- jeroenhd 3y agoYou can definitely add an icon for them, in both Android and iOS. I'm not sure about mobile Linux, as Firefox has dropped any interest in PWAs on desktop style browsers for some reason, but the most common operating systems let you install web apps straight from the browser.
- amadeuspagel 3y agoWeb apps are easy to install on phones[1]. [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Guides/Making_PWAs_installable https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...