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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by jcelerier on Thursday March 12, 2020 @07:45AM (#22555766)
in practice i'm pretty sure the web things i'm using are tracking me much more than any of the native apps i've ever used. I remember the outcry whenever someone would find out that $native app would send some weird packets over wireshark - and even then, it's been 10 years since windows started asking for permissions for software to open a socket so you can't really miss it if it tracks you.

Also native apps don't have ads (afaik, never saw one except windows 10's shell but then I use 99% libre software), and I can stay at version 1.5 of the native app if it works better for me while this is impossible with web apps.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by pjmlp on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:15AM (#22557702)
> Also native apps don't have ads (afaik, never saw one except windows 10's shell but then I use 99% libre software), and I can stay at version 1.5 of the native app if it works better for me while this is impossible with web apps.

Not much of an Android user, I gather.

By the way, recent versions of Android allow apps to self update.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by jcelerier on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:35AM (#22557912)
> Not much of an Android user, I gather.

mobile apps outside of native Jolla ones make my blood boil faster that I can turn those wretched devices off, so, yes, I try to limit my interactions with those to a minimum.

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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by pjmlp on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:35PM (#22558614)
Oh, an actual Jolla user!
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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by jcelerier on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:00PM (#22558908)
Sadly my Jolla phone died down last year and my life is filled with pain since
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Re:Progressive Web Apps Will Replace Native Apps? by EvilEy3 on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:34AM (#22565456)
Only with users consent.
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