Show HN: A tool to help you remember shit you are interested in

Re:Show HN: A tool to help you remember shit you are interes... by PaulHoule on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @07:21PM (#33429165)

Yeah, my take is that the hierarchy is

  web site >> mobile web site >> mobile (cr)app

With the modification that if you have a very small phone sometimes the mobile site comes out ahead.

To take an example, right when a search has brought you to something you want to read on reddit, reddit distracts you with a popup telling you it is ‘better’ to use the app. Well, once you’ve installed the app they punch you in the face right away because you’ll have a very hard time finding the content that led you to reddit. (What did you think would happen, honestly?)

There are some cases where you really need a mobile app but if I have a choice at all I use the web, particularly if it involves viewing content or ordering something.

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Re:Show HN: A tool to help you remember shit you are interes... by Semaphor on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:23AM (#33431977)

I find apps almost always preferable. Not only do I get dedicated backup, the apps are usually better for mobile UX. Of course, that excludes crappy apps like Reddit’s, in those cases there are often 3rd-party-apps.

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Re:Show HN: A tool to help you remember shit you are interes... by PaulHoule on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:37PM (#33438645)

Dedicated backup?

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Re:Show HN: A tool to help you remember shit you are interes... by Semaphor on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:41PM (#33439894)

I run a nightly backup (via neobackup [0], requires root) on my phone that backups all APKs and data. With a webapp, I’m at the mercy of the app itself or firefox storage data with no granularity at all.

[0]: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Backup

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