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threecheesetoday at 1:09 AM1 replyview on HN

We’re not normies, so take that with a grain of salt. Here’s mine: apps have access to significantly expanded capabilities which has privacy implications. If I can use the browser for a given app, I do it. Amazon for example.


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ChrisMarshallNYtoday at 1:46 AM

As a native app writer, this has been my experience.

Mentioning it here, though, tends to get pushback from folks that write Web apps. They don’t want to admit that native apps have more capabilities than Web apps; even if that’s a bad thing, because of security risks.