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Re:The Internet of creation disappeared. Now we have surveil... by cft on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @02:50AM (#21320963)
> Develop apps

For locked down duopoly (85% and growing Google actually) walled garden, that has telemetry for every app launch, install, uninstall, access to every single push notification in plain text and can boot your "niche" app from the Play Store on a whim... Most of those newly connected to the internet are on locked down "smartphones" and not on general purpose computers anymore.

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Re:The Internet of creation disappeared. Now we have surveil... by aww_dang on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @03:23AM (#21321089)
Check into progressive webapps. You can utilize homescreen app icon functionality if you add service workers. No more app/play store or walled garden.

For every objection there is a can-do work around.

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Re:The Internet of creation disappeared. Now we have surveil... by krageon on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @05:24AM (#21321676)
"webapps" don't do interesting things that websites cannot do. This person was talking about actual apps, that run on your device, doing app things.
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Re:The Internet of creation disappeared. Now we have surveil... by asjw on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @04:14AM (#21321319)
They are even more limited then regular apps though...
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