Re:Ask HN: Why do such things like smartphone apps even exis...
by ksec on Thursday December 30, 2021 @11:43AM
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>but most games are simple ones
PUBG? Fornite? Genshin?
>most apps are quite simple
Twitter is simple, but Twitter App is still better than Twitter on Web. My answer is find me a decent app made with Web technology. The only one that is good enough is VSCode. And that is with lots of native component to speed things up.
Does web apps works? Yes, are they objectively better than Native Apps, best vs best? No.
I think you need to look at how consumer use computing, and not semi pros, nerds uses it. There are people who still have difficulties using mouse as pointing devices.
PUBG? Fornite? Genshin?
>most apps are quite simple
Twitter is simple, but Twitter App is still better than Twitter on Web. My answer is find me a decent app made with Web technology. The only one that is good enough is VSCode. And that is with lots of native component to speed things up.
Does web apps works? Yes, are they objectively better than Native Apps, best vs best? No.
I think you need to look at how consumer use computing, and not semi pros, nerds uses it. There are people who still have difficulties using mouse as pointing devices.