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Re:Half of U.S. Smartphone Users Aren't Downloading Apps, Da... by city41 on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @04:39PM (#12543183)
Similarly, the recent-ish trend of "open in app" buttons that obscure the content drive me crazy. Imgur does this. It's already open in my app, I prefer my browser as the "app", thanks.
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Re:Half of U.S. Smartphone Users Aren't Downloading Apps, Da... by cwillu on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @07:18PM (#12544181)
My personal favourite is facebook chat. Mobile site? "You have to use the app!" Request desktop site? Well well well, it appear to work just fine. Supremely annoying the one time a month I need to reply to someone's message...
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Re:Half of U.S. Smartphone Users Aren't Downloading Apps, Da... by casta on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @08:38PM (#12544545)
Even if it's a little bit primitive, the facebook chat at mbasic.facebook.com still works when you need it.
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Re:Half of U.S. Smartphone Users Aren't Downloading Apps, Da... by cwillu on Friday September 23, 2016 @08:11PM (#12568802)
I just hit the aforementioned "Request desktop site", which works fine as well.
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Re:Half of U.S. Smartphone Users Aren't Downloading Apps, Da... by Freak_NL on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @04:44PM (#12543225)
Extra irritating because it offers that app on every mobile browser, including those run on an OS they don't have an app for.
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