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Re:Ask HN: Can the ARM Macs/PCs end the web as we know it? by coldtea on Thursday November 26, 2020 @03:50AM (#25218159)
>- I find it odd to need an app for a service entirely reliant on off-phone data.

Well, a browser is an app for services entirely reliant on off-phone data :-)

Just a generic one, slower, more battery hungry, with less platform conveniences and access to native APIs.

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Re:Ask HN: Can the ARM Macs/PCs end the web as we know it? by _carbyau_ on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:44PM (#25225388)
"Well, a browser is an app for services entirely reliant on off-phone data :-) Just a generic one"

Which is what I was trying to say though I did it poorly I guess. :-) Why do I need an app when the website will do just fine?

"slower, more battery hungry, with less platform conveniences and access to native APIs"

I think the efficiency loss is traded for the lack of always on services and privacy invasion common in native apps these days.

The important function of the web browser is the sandbox effect.

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