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Re:Apple WWDC20 by chowderhead on Friday June 12, 2020 @10:04PM (#23506083)
I should have said every device, not platform.

The website is fine. I'm sure it's fine on iOS, too. But it was supposed to be simple to port iOS apps to MacOS, and they didn't bother with their own developer conference app, if only for the reason to lead by example.

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Re:Apple WWDC20 by rblatz on Friday June 12, 2020 @11:43PM (#23506578)
But why even build a native app even if it is easy? It adds no value, and is another thing to test. The web experience is fine for this.
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Re:Apple WWDC20 by jdminhbg on Saturday June 13, 2020 @12:58AM (#23506891)
Sure, but the same could be said for iPadOS and iOS which have native clients.
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Re:Apple WWDC20 by pilsetnieks on Friday June 12, 2020 @10:15PM (#23506141)
Instead, my question is why are they even featuring a mobile app so prominently at all for a remote conference.
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Re:Apple WWDC20 by sjwright on Saturday June 13, 2020 @04:11AM (#23507783)
Inertia, most probably. (And it’ll probably be a better, snappier experience than the website on mobile.)
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