Mostly because native apps can track you far more invasively than web apps can, and companies are hungry for your private data.

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esseph 9 days ago | parent [-]

Not sure I agree with that.

It's a lot better on battery life and superior experience, especially if you are traveling or around areas with bad cell service.

Cookies track me around on websites all the time + modern telemetry is pretty crazy.

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sillyfluke 9 days ago | parent | next [-]

>Not sure I agree with that. It's a lot better on battery life...

The parent is talking about privacy and your first counter argument is privacy irrelevant battery life?

The tracking and telemetry abundance in native far exceeds the browser. Nevermind a lot of apps remain running in background because the user forgets or can't be bothered to close them.

Follow the money. Why are random companies begging me to download their mobile app and get ridiculous discounts in the process whenever I use their website? Why are weather apps known to be spyware vectors but weather websites don't have that stigma?

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r_lee 9 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The permissions that apps can get on Android even by default are pretty invasive, like querying other apps/processes and etc iirc...

	▲	esseph 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		Chrome being able to scan your network on desktop is still insane to me.