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> To provide users a way to instantly play a game without having to download all assets at once

No need for the web in that case, which is inefficient. You can do with like those 1MB installers and stream those assets.

> but if you don't want to use them, you should disable them in your browser settings

Which the majority won't. People don't even go in their phone settings, apart from connecting to WiFi and changing their wallpaper.

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zztop44 4 days ago | parent [-]

I don’t want to download a random executable from some unknown source. However, I trust the browser sandbox.

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skydhash 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

> I don’t want to download a random executable from some unknown source

Why would you do that?

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There's few applications that warrant having direct access to the GPU and other devices. And for those, a native app would be a much efficient way (for the user).

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text0404 4 days ago | parent [-]

yeah but users don't care about technical efficiency, they care about having seamless experiences that aren't interrupted by long downloads, app/context switching, and loading screens.

	▲	skydhash 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Which the web doesn't provide. Try opening Figma and Sketch at the same time or Mail.app and Gmail. Google Doc is closer to Wordpad than Libreoffice.

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account42 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I however don't trust the browser sandbox when it is continuously expanded with bloat that normal websites don't need.