Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov it's just annoying that you need a single site browser for everything nowadays, even my bank app is like this
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov yeah but now with the app they're able to suck way more PII from you.
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov idea: sell a web browser as "what if you could read news stories, order delivery, shop, watch online streams, etc., ALL IN ONE APP?"
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov death of the Internet vibes.
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov but the metrics from the app
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@PavelASamsonov On some web sites Chrome has an "Install ..." button. I have no idea what this means, even after reading the help. It says something about a "web app" but I've no idea what that means either. What does installing a web site mean, and why might I want to do it?
It will add the site to your home screen. When you open it from the home screen it will have no URL bar. It can be styled a bit more.
A good portion of user will say "it is an app".
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov Ehhh New York Times sucks anyways >_>
They have done some corrupt shit like disparaging headlines against democratic candidates and that kind of thing. I think they ran something against Zohran Mamdani??!?! smh who even does that Zohran is like the best of us 
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
They're selling the smart phone CONCEPT.
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov Well, they are not lying, it's really better... for them, as it makes it easier for them to get your data.
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
@PavelASamsonov i avoid apps
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Love how every website now has a popup that tells you "our website is hot dogshit, download the app instead"
And then the app is just an Electron wrapper around the same JS they could have put on the website if they didn't hate you personally
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@mwichary @PavelASamsonov this is intentional on the part of Apple: PWAs compete with apps that ship in their app store, and they can't get a cut of that sweet sweet app revenue if folks can just install the PWA for free...
and since they don't allow non-safari browser engines, they can keep their stranglehold over platform behavior and make sure that even if PWAs are like... legally required to be a first-class construct, Apple can continue to nerf them so they're not able to be as good.
see also: https://open-web-advocacy.org/
@vt52 Thanks. I am aware of all these reasons, but didn’t know about the effort you linked to, and I see quite a few friends in there! Appreciate it.
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It will add the site to your home screen. When you open it from the home screen it will have no URL bar. It can be styled a bit more.
A good portion of user will say "it is an app".
@ghost_letters @TimWardCam @PavelASamsonov
That is a "Progressive Web App" (aka "PWA"). Yes a fair amount of discussion about them elsewhere in the discussion.
Basically they can do many of the things that native apps can do (background running, offline functionality, notification etc.) and can look like a normal app. Difference is that they are actually running in the browser so you don't have the potential privacy and security issues of a native app. -
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