Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and growing faster

Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and... by millstone on Sunday September 27, 2015 @06:46AM (#10286119)

The web is a cesspool. Its monetization is so twisted and unnatural, with individual users worth next to nothing. Companies engage in all sorts of dark patterns, tracking and other scummy bullshit to try to squeeze out an extra tenth of a penny per user. Hell, click on the link to this article and Amazon, LinkedIn, Google, and a dozen others all get to know what you just read!

I don't share the excitement about bringing this bullshit to apps. Maybe the web will improve: as websites become more sophisticated, customers will increase their expectations and start demanding better treatment. But this would require reversing the current trend.

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Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and... by Bahamut on Sunday September 27, 2015 @09:08AM (#10286367)

Native apps can be even worse - they control all behavior to a more powerful degree. The bloat and battery & data drainage is why I install as few mobile apps as possible.

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Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and... by tdkl on Sunday September 27, 2015 @09:48AM (#10286463)

You didn't state on which mobile OS you have this experience ?

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Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and... by Bahamut on Sunday September 27, 2015 @10:06AM (#10286529)

Android and iOS

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Re:Mobile browser traffic is 2X bigger than app traffic, and... by agumonkey on Sunday September 27, 2015 @11:14AM (#10286775)

It seems like a market pattern. When the market size become so big, value gets down to nothing, then yes businesses act this way.

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