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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by fuzxi on Saturday November 14, 2020 @09:12PM (#25097580)
>no maps apps (of worth)

OSMAnd

>no yelps, no IMDb

What do these apps provide that the mobile sites don't?

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Re:Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send teleme... by hakfoo on Sunday November 15, 2020 @02:46PM (#25104123)
My guess is that some sites identify a mobile browser and deliberately cripple the experience to promote "download our app to see more."

In particular, I seem to recall if you landed on Yelp, a lot of content was "here's 150 pictures, but you can only see 3 on the browser."

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