Nobody wants to install an app?

threecheese 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	ChrisMarshallNY 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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danilocesar 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I always avoid apps if I can.

But yeah, that comment is a bit disconnected to majority of the population.

	▲	derwiki 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I’m not saying that I disagree personally, but for most folks, installing an app does not cross any line in the sand
	▲	albedoa 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> I always avoid apps if I can. Okay.
	▲	Invictus0 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		i always downvote anti-app luddites whenever i can

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ripped_britches 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

lol I was going to say this too! I think the inverse is true: nobody wants to install a PWA

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fc417fc802 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Personally I'll only install FOSS apps on my phone and I go out of my way to actively discourage (to varying degrees of success) my relatives from installing arbitrary junk that they surely don't need on their phones.

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retired 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have a handful of 3rd party apps on my phone and none on my computer. Prefer to just use browser.

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stingraycharles 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah that’s a weird comment. I don’t want a PWA. I want a normal app. Users want apps.

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paulnpace 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If it requires Play Store, I will only put it on my work phone.