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I 100% agree with this, but a significant way that mobile websites often decay the experience compared to the app is with very short-lived login sessions. Even
by i80and 1y ago
I 100% agree with this, but a significant way that mobile websites often decay the experience compared to the app is with very short-lived login sessions.
Even when the experience is otherwise basically identical, I've found that login sessions in a browser are sometimes measured in days, where in the app sessions never expire.
Which feels like app install metric juicing to me.
- phillipseamore 1y agoNote that Safari will remove storage for a site if it hasn't been accessed in 7 days.
- retropragma 1y agoThat doesn't sound right. Have you seen documentation on this?
- hackingonempty 1y agoDo you have an iPhone? Safari for iOS deletes all cookies older than a week unless you add the site to your home screen.
- radicality 1y agoWhoa, is that right, I somehow never knew this. Why does it do that, does it still make sense if 3rd party cookies are disabled? And is there a way to disable it apart from the add to home screen?
- hackingonempty 1y ago> Why does it do that To make web app experience poor so devs will sign up for paid dev accounts, give Apple editorial control, give Apple 30% of gross, use Apple payment system, use Apple advertising, etc...