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The war on general purpose computing goes on. It will only end when every piece of software could be a web app.
by 0x000xca0xfe 1y ago
The war on general purpose computing goes on. It will only end when every piece of software could be a web app.
- threeseed 1y ago[flagged]
- cybrox 1y agoMaybe a fluid, touch-centric experience would be less important for most use-cases if not every simple to-do app had to be over-engineered with 20 animations and gestures...
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago> Nobody other than irrelevant nerds think of their phones as general purpose computing devices. Everyone else thinks of them as consoles or microwaves. Phones run arbitrary programs and store files; they're computers by any name. If my microwave had an app store then I would feel comfortable calling it a computer, too.
- threeseed 1y agoYou can install apps on fridges, cars etc. I guess you're driving a computer ?
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y ago1. Yes. 2. I'm open to drawing a line based on whether the primary purpose of a device is running programs. A car with no user-facing computers is still a car, a fridge with no computers is still a fridge, a modern phone with no user-facing programs is a worthless paperweight. Like... the fact that we call them "phones" is just a historical accident at this point, but that's not what our handheld computers really are, at least not primarily.