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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by Razengan on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:31AM (#28466209)
> Harder to track people and feed them ads.

In native apps, you mean?

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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by AussieWog93 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:42AM (#28466280)
It's not about whether they're native code or using a cross-platform API, but the fact that they're not web pages running in a browser. This allows them to "phone home" even when they're just running in the background, push notifications and bypass certain types of Adblocking (such as uBlock in Firefox).

There is a good reason why so many websites push you to use the apps on mobile.

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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by scns on Thursday September 09, 2021 @05:34AM (#28467914)
On Android you can block every app with relatively fine grained control via TrackerControl [0]. Sometimes a little fiddly but worth it IMHO. You can download directly from the site, use the official client or use the much snappier Foxy Droid [1] that lacks features but i still recommend it.

[0] https://f-droid.org/de/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.f...

[1] https://f-droid.org/de/packages/nya.kitsunyan.foxydroid/

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