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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by ace2358 on Friday August 19, 2022 @08:54PM (#32527927)
Whether you believe it or not, most people have sensitive information on their phone and not their ‘computer’ (I guess a desktop thing, if they have one!).

For most people, they couldn’t care what happens to their computer. Not everyone is the same, but it’s not an uncommon situation.

So security for the phone is more important for some people than computer security.

Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by thunky on Friday August 19, 2022 @09:01PM (#32527982)
Not buying it. You thing people just use their computer to play solitaire and nothing else?
Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by ace2358 on Saturday August 20, 2022 @05:01AM (#32530542)
People just don’t have desktops or laptops. Their phone is their computer. I know this is true for some of my family members!
Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by Apocryphon on Saturday August 20, 2022 @11:44AM (#32532863)
Were these people who got rid of their PCs once smartphones came out, or did they just never have a computer?
Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by ace2358 on Saturday August 20, 2022 @06:25PM (#32535691)
A bit of both. Some people I know, say sporty types, never got a computer ever in their life. Others were older and never got one either.

For a lot of humans, their phone is their ‘computer’. Especially for services like banks and government agencies. It’s important for them to be secure in a way that pcs have a hard time being

Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by Apocryphon on Saturday August 20, 2022 @03:20AM (#32529985)
What people are paying all of their bills and looking through all of their statements on a phone? Maybe on a tablet, that accords more screen space. People can do a lot of things on phones these days but I am unconvinced that it is the optimal form factor. There are plenty of websites for boring necessary sensitive financial/legal/government/academic work that either has no mobile website or has very badly made mobile sites thus necessitating access by computer.