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Re:Django, HTMX and Alpine.js: Modern websites, JavaScript o... by dotancohen on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @02:36AM (#29327721) 

  > Why would I throw that away for a native app that ... has much greater access to my device?
You wouldn't, because you understand. But for every one of you there are 99 other who will install such a app if it is pushed to them. Apps are almost like bookmarks now.

Bookmarks with access to your location, contacts, and camera.

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Re:Django, HTMX and Alpine.js: Modern websites, JavaScript o... by selcuka on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @02:55AM (#29327795)
> Bookmarks with access to your location, contacts, and camera.

Also bookmarks that usually point to an obsolete and/or inferior version of the web site.

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