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Re:Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc by ChrisLTD on Monday September 05, 2022 @09:33AM (#32724116)
> The web was designed to publish documents, it was never intended to build applications.

But the web has been evolving in that direction with the help of standards bodies and browser vendors since at least the late 1990s.

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Re:Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc by capableweb on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:38AM (#32725497)
> with the help of standards bodies and browser vendors

Who are made out of people (developers) building for the web, and users of the web as well.

Lets not pretend that these web applications were forced upon us by outside forces.

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