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- technology@lemmy.world
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- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- europe@feddit.de
Apple being Apple again. Just why does anyone actually like that company?
Apple being Apple again. Just why does anyone actually like that company?
A lot of kerfuffle over not much. If you’re going to release a web app instead of a proper app, then I’m quite happy to have a bookmark to the web page instead of a bullshit fake app wrapping the same bookmark. Don’t clutter my phone with that garbage.
And you’re right for feeling that way, but having more choices is always better, not less. Apple doesn’t care for how you use their software if it isn’t the way they want it.
Progressive web apps do much more than just wrap a bookmark…
Most PWAs are trash, but there are some nice ones out there that feel a lot better when you ditch the browser chrome. Voyager for Lemmy is a good one. It feels native.
Most native apps are trash too.
It’s more than that - for example in Safari after seven days with a bookmark, all data the website stores on device is deleted.
With a PWA saved to your home screen, your data is kept until you delete the icon from your home screen.
Also, PWAs don’t have a browser toolbar.
Well, I’m definitely not paying Apple $99 a year to be on their shit store, so I’ve opted for PWA. It’s made as an app from the scratch, not really much different from a native app.