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It's just a f*cking link on the home screen. Opening in the browser of the user's choice. This doesn't only hurt PWA's, it also hurts very simple webapps that
by rambambram 3y ago
It's just a f*cking link on the home screen. Opening in the browser of the user's choice.
This doesn't only hurt PWA's, it also hurts very simple webapps that are nothing more than a responsive website with some functionality and data. Made easily accessible by a link (with title and favicon) on the homescreen.
Of course, one can open a browser, wait, click again on some bookmark icon, scroll to the webapp, click it, wait again... and use it just like that.
The world wide web is an evil place. Luckily Apple protects everybody with an iPhone. The year of the Linux desktop, Linux tablet, Linux phone, Linux smartwatch, Linux AR glasses could not come soon enough.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Luckily Apple protects everybody with an iPhone. The year of the Linux desktop, Linux tablet, Linux phone, Linux smartwatch, Linux AR glasses could not come soon enough. No chance, look at HN, the top comments are defending Apple's stance. If even tech savvy geeks lap up Apple's propaganda, what hope is there for the average user?
- rambambram 3y agoExactly. Try to forget the average user for a while. The niche is smaller but still exists. I think it's possible. Think of a combination of Jobs's vision of a hub-and-spoke model of computing devices, powered by SBC's and Waveshare components and open source software. For a start. It won't be premium devices as people are now expecting of Apple devices, but there comes a point where people are willing to trade in nicer hardware for nicer software and functionality. I don't know who the early adopters are going to be of this, but I know a lot of comment sections on HN with people also fed up about the direction of big tech.