over_byte

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   by over_byte 2y ago

   Bitcoin is dead
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   by over_byte 3y ago

   It isn't about abandoning the app stores, it's about offering reasonable alternatives, whether they be alternative app stores or first class web apps. There's definitely reasons to create native apps, which is why Apple creat
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   by over_byte 3y ago

   Apple is attempting to leverage its position as a platform holder, as it always has, by threatening the open web. It's APIs to support the web platform are shockingly, even purposely, terrible and it uses it's app developer licenc
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   by over_byte 3y ago

   Neither did the necessity to add cookie collection warnings to all sites that use them. In spite of what some Americans believe, if the EU sneezes, the US catches a cold (and vice versa, for the record)
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   by over_byte 3y ago

   Electron is a useful hack with the same resource problems as Chrome rather than an ideal solution. More the point though, PWAs are part of the existing web ecosystem. Apple has dragged its heels bringing Safari and their Webview up to spec
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   by over_byte 3y ago

   Signed - Apple is collectively behaving like a spoilt child throwing a tantrum because the stupid-head EU said that it can't force the app ecosystem on everyone along with the broken webview. Finally we can get some good browser engine