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Re:It’s time to kill the web app by justin1364 on Sunday September 24, 2017 @11:21AM (#15325014)
Maybe this reflects insecurity (in the psychological sense) from the community of people who love the web? That in itself is interesting.

Fwiw, long live the web. It's imperfect, but it's open. I'll take chaotic freedom to tight control any day.

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Re:It’s time to kill the web app by mwcampbell on Sunday September 24, 2017 @01:47PM (#15325699)
> I'll take chaotic freedom to tight control

FWIW, I'd take tight control if it was in pursuit of humanitarian values, such as accessibility for people with disabilities, rather than a company's bottom line. The chaotic freedom of the Web isn't very good for accessibility. Yes, yes, accessibility is possible, but in practice, very often it doesn't happen. See this rant on HN from a blind friend of mine (yes, the same one I posted elsewhere on the thread, but it drives the point of this comment home):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14580342

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