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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by moron4hire on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:35PM (#31589026)
You can't win either way. Push for web apps and the necessary capabilities in the browser to make rich web apps and you get hit with "but browser fingerprinting!" malarkey from the privacy fetishists.
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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by dylan604 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @07:28PM (#31589452)
That's a simple thing to just not do and is a lame excuse.

If you're doing browser fingerprinting and get called out for it, you're the one full of malarkey. Building a web app does not require being shady, just as building a native app does not require one to do nefarious things. The devs* in either scenario choose to do it.

*Devs meaning whoever is behind it whether it is corpOverloards or shaddy devs, a dev somewhere obliged the overloards wishes.

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by moron4hire on Thursday June 02, 2022 @08:27AM (#31593958)
No, what I mean is, see comments like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31592332

That features like Webgl exist at all is a rage-inducing issue for some people.

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