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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by Razengan on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:16PM (#28493727)
> After they install some bloated IDE, learn some "tech", and pay the gatekeepers

Tell me how making and hosting a website is absolutely free.

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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by nsonha on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:56PM (#28496440)
You could not make this argument even 10 years ago, when you could absolutely make a sites on any of wordpress, tumblr, yahoo or blogspot completely free. These days there are even more choices ranging from WYCIWYG (Squarespace & the like) to absolutely free full CI/CD-ed platforms (heroku, Zeit, GitHub pages...). It's not like there is a duopoly on web hosting.
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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by nsonha on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:01PM (#28496469)
But I guess the more important aspect of the word "free" is that no one could gatekeep you from making a website, unlike app stores where there is a review process.
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