alt Hacker NewsI won't download your app. The web version is a-ok
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The web version being ok is a sign of the degradation of the desktop experience more than it is a sign of the capabilities of the web.
One very egregious example: Moovit
Even with mobile FF and adblock their mobile website is completely unusable. Now ask me if I'm happy to download ther app if their website is a complete POS like that
The desktop website works "fine" for the most part though
The government is supposed to be pushing for web as the default.
This sentiment will probably resonate with a lot of people here. I literally won’t use a service if they try to force me onto their app..
Yes and now I use AI to build any website which locks me into their workflow and run it locally how I choose!
I like apps, much better then web version experience
what's funnier is that this could have been written 10 years ago and the situation was the exact same
apps function more so as a checkbox for investors to take an organization seriously, as well as for the founder to self aggrandize and feel like their own app store presence means something. for devs it is functionally a make-work program.
The only reason they want you to download their app is to farm more data about you. They will push you to huge extent just to collect more data.
To share an egregious example, Mercury (which is a great bank) sent KYC notice literally saying "we noticed you use app outside of declared locations" for one of my friends companies. And yes they push their app hard.
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dozens of apps on the smartphone is gross. an indicator for me of an elderly / technically illiterate smartphone user is the presence of a ton of apps, most of which were used long ago and seldomly.
I got the entire idea from the title, no need for the article 's body.
And when I started reading I got bored after a few paragraphs since, again, I already got the idea.
Do we really need more than a title for these articles?
The whole premise doesn't make much sense (to me) if the app doesn't have an inherent benefit over a website. Don't tell me that all the app first people would rather have a web wrapped app for every website they visit? Seems to be more of a "we can get more metrics out of app users than website users" thing so they intentionally break the mobile website to aggressively push an app. #LinkedIn #Facebook