Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?
by Santosh83 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @07:46AM
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The protocol. Websites are accessible over a known , open protocol to every visitor, (Geofencing etc is there, but...), but apps use proprietary protocols which only the particular app can decode. You can see the ESPN website on any old browser, but the ESPN app content needs the ESPN app, and nothing else will work.
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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?
by dmitriid on Saturday September 11, 2021 @09:41AM
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Open protocols don't make open sites or apps.
Cases in point: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (increasingly closed), Reddit (increasingly closed). All of them have sites built on open protocols.