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Re:The Web is the Next Platform (1995) by zozbot234 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:13PM (#22753573)
> Indeed, even native apps go to almost comical lengths to not use the CPU on the phone.

This is needed in order to save battery life. But Netflix/FB/Google do not have "substantial" processing power per user. They're providing a centralized service to a very large userbase, and that comes with a requirement to economize on both compute and storage.

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Re:The Web is the Next Platform (1995) by jacobush on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @06:06PM (#22754010)
What I think is interesting is how the data that matters is on the server.

Besides, if you think about it, you make my argument for me - “they” have the power budget, the mobile device has not. Think holistically.

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