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I've come to prefer websites over apps on my iPhone. I have more control and privacy protections in the browser thanks to my adblocker (1) and even userscripts
by 0x38B 3y ago
I've come to prefer websites over apps on my iPhone. I have more control and privacy protections in the browser thanks to my adblocker (1) and even userscripts (2).
But it's not just control and privacy; the experience is better, too:
- YouTube without ads (depending on the adblocker-YouTube war).
- Spotify lets me play any track I want with 'request desktop website', or an album from start to finish - in the app, it's shuffle-only without premium.
So using Safari for YouTube and or Spotify on the Vision Pro isn't a big loss for me.
1: I pay for 1Blocker.
2: https://github.com/quoid/userscripts https://github.com/quoid/userscripts
- wodenokoto 3y agoFor me the main benefit of a browser over apps is you can have multiple windows open of the same thing.
- pptr 3y agoThis. And also that text is generally select- and copyable in the browser.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoI’ve switched to web version of fb messenger.com as they finally respect “request desktop website” in safari. Still it’s pretty broken, doesn’t do push notifications and forces you to log in each time. All obviously on purpose. Instagram is a little better, but won’t let you post videos for whatever reason. TikTok is fairly useable if you manage to log in.
- 0x38B 3y agoI don't know if it's worth the time, but a userscript to change some CSS and move or delete some elements could make Instagram or FB better on the small phone screen. That's on the long-tail end of my "this would be cool to do" list.