Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an...
by bsder on Sunday August 21, 2022 @07:31PM
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> Why not just let me use the supercomputer I have in my possession and run the thing without the baggage and overhead?
Because the app would be too easy to steal and too hard to monetize.
At this point, from an economic perspective, apps either need to be completely open source or running in the cloud behind secured servers.
Even if I dismiss piracy as a problem (and I don't), the bigger issue is that if the app does something clever/technical and is somehow successful, someone will tear it apart, clone it, and put their own copy on the app stores.
Running in the cloud is how companies are dodging that race to the bottom (see: Chitubox as a prime example--good or bad example is up to you to decide).
Because the app would be too easy to steal and too hard to monetize.
At this point, from an economic perspective, apps either need to be completely open source or running in the cloud behind secured servers.
Even if I dismiss piracy as a problem (and I don't), the bigger issue is that if the app does something clever/technical and is somehow successful, someone will tear it apart, clone it, and put their own copy on the app stores.
Running in the cloud is how companies are dodging that race to the bottom (see: Chitubox as a prime example--good or bad example is up to you to decide).