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Re:Show HN: Red Goose – Convert your website to mobile app by LunaSea on Friday September 30, 2022 @12:38PM (#33037093)
> 10 years ago you could have productively used your computer and software without ever needing to touch an internet connection

And then users wanted collaboration features, weren't keeping their software up to date (so it had to be done for them), wanted to share their data across their device on the cloud, etc, etc.

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Re:Show HN: Red Goose – Convert your website to mobile app by StuckDuck on Friday September 30, 2022 @03:46PM (#33039828)
I never did.
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Re:Show HN: Red Goose – Convert your website to mobile app by LunaSea on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:33PM (#33041094)
But a lot did.

Microsoft Word still exists but somehow lots of people prefer using Google Docs because it has those cool features.

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Re:Show HN: Red Goose – Convert your website to mobile app by StuckDuck on Saturday October 01, 2022 @03:45AM (#33044812)
Cloud apps != Web apps

I never had a problem with the former, and appreciate their capabilities. Many cloud apps are also web apps, but not necessarily (see Sketch)

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