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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by Udik on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:19PM (#22183947)
> Installing software is cringey as hell now?

When you know that the features you're interested in can be made easily available by a simple web app.

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by seemack on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:48PM (#22184346)
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the logic but doesn't that mean using a fancy pen is "cringey as hell" since you can just use a simple ballpoint pen?

Sorry, it just seems unnecessarily negative to me.

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by Udik on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:14PM (#22184642)
Yes, you are misunderstanding the logic. A normal web app doesn't need to be installed, disappears each time you close it, runs in a tight sandbox. Much better and lighter than have an app installed.

Besides, I do find fancy pens cringey, but that's another story :)

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by seemack on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:38AM (#22191539)
haha fair enough. Thanks for the clarification!
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by VRay on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:14PM (#22185898)
It's like you ask someone if you can borrow their pen, and they say "Sure, but only if I can rifle through your wallet and attach this GPS tracker to you"
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by seemack on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:39AM (#22191549)
This sounds like you're implying that all apps must require invasive permissions which is wholly incorrect.
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