Amon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoDeveloper creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addictionarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-215 days agoMost “apps” are just http web hooks to a regular website backend with extra tracking telemetry. So a website working as a PWA should be enough for everyone. I hate how everything has to be a fucking app, because it doesn’t need to be.
minus-squareAstralPath@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoIf phone OSes made it so there’s less friction to save a web page as an icon on your desktop it would help to resolve that issue I think.
minus-squareDampyr 🇺🇦 🇵🇸@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoI think that’s only partly true as companies, especially big ones, want the telemetry and control of a native app instead of just a web page
minus-squarekiagam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoProper PWA websites save very well to phone home screens (like voyager for Lemmy!)
Most “apps” are just http web hooks to a regular website backend with extra tracking telemetry. So a website working as a PWA should be enough for everyone.
I hate how everything has to be a fucking app, because it doesn’t need to be.
If phone OSes made it so there’s less friction to save a web page as an icon on your desktop it would help to resolve that issue I think.
I think that’s only partly true as companies, especially big ones, want the telemetry and control of a native app instead of just a web page
Proper PWA websites save very well to phone home screens (like voyager for Lemmy!)