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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by sneak on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:09PM (#30443390)
It's also hard to maintain two entirely separate apps in two entirely different languages for two entirely different platforms/APIs, all while giving up nearly a third of your CLV to a rentseeking middleman.
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by nouveaux on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:16PM (#30443490)
I completely agree. I'm just sharing my experience. I wish web apps were better so we don't have to download so many apps.
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app by jacobr1 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @12:57PM (#30444065)
What we need is better support "native hybrid" apps.

For example, you can create "app" that is just a link to browser. There are plenty of action you don't want random web-apps to perform due to security/sandboxing issues, but if you can grant explicit permissions that issue goes away. It is one of the reasons think like election exist. But could apple/goog provide a better electron that was built into the OS?

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