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    6 months ago

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    • Nik282000
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      76 months ago

      Apps are legitimately great.

      Except they are mostly just lobotomized websites where you can’t copy the text or save media to your local device.

    • @OminousOrange@lemmy.ca
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      46 months ago

      But it’s blockable on websites. Firefox with ublock makes YouTube, Facebook, and instragam a relatively pleasant experience again.

        • TigrisMorte
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          26 months ago

          And I know folks that have never lost money on crypto. Doesn’t make crypto less of a risk.

    • TigrisMorte
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      36 months ago

      websites are sandboxed while apps have almost full access. So, no, they don’t.

    • @flames5123@lemmy.world
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      16 months ago

      Exactly. A website has to download ALL the HTML every time. Sure, it can put all that in a JavaScript file and cache it but it has to be built each time. With an app, you (the devs) get to choose what to load, and it’s just usually a few simple things each time instead of constantly running a script.

      Using Lemmy as a web app really sucked. Having an actual app with actual integration to a robust UI works.

      • TigrisMorte
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        36 months ago

        Plus as an app developer you get to go through the user’s contacts and files. Having an actual app locks you and allows you to be the product the app owners sell. Nothing else and certainly nothing of value for 99% of the apps out there.

        • @flames5123@lemmy.world
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          16 months ago

          Apple does not allow this out of the box. You have to confirm for every permission. There is not automatic access to files.

            • @flames5123@lemmy.world
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              16 months ago

              Huh? I don’t give apps like YouTube access to my files. I don’t upload so they don’t need it. I don’t even think it has asked because I’m not clicking the upload button. YouTube doesn’t get access to my location either. It does have access to local connections because of YouTube on my TV, but that’s it.

              • TigrisMorte
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                06 months ago

                So, you are claiming that youtube plays without the rights to save anything? If you say so.

                • @flames5123@lemmy.world
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                  16 months ago

                  Do you know how sandboxed file system storage works? Have you ever made an application? Do you think things that run on the cloud have access to everything else on the cloud? I’m not sure what you’re getting at.