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I avoid apps too if I can. So rare that the app does anything a website can't. Indeed most apps are implemented with embedded browsers. It's about tracking, an
by QuadrupleA 2y ago
I avoid apps too if I can. So rare that the app does anything a website can't. Indeed most apps are implemented with embedded browsers.
It's about tracking, and push notifications. Full stop.
- jampekka 2y agoCue HN's anti-PWA brigade.
- genewitch 2y agoI wanted to make one but I wanted it to work without networking but be able to trigger notifications on a timer. I don't know anything about cellphone development or JavaScript so I gave up and made a discord bot instead.
- Zak 2y agoIf I'm forced into using an app when a website would have done just fine, I give it a one-star review.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoEmbedded browser with a 450mb app size of course. I wish you can sort by size on app store. It is a signal for quality when you find a 4mb app that does the same thing as a 450mb app.
- elric 2y ago> It's about tracking That's exactly what it is. That is the only real reason. More tracking, more data harvesting, more control for the publisher at the expense of user agency.