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Re:App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) by nmstoker on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @06:07AM (#42557977)
First the needs of the user-base should trump those of the dev.

And secondly the kinds of apps that are referred to here are not the type that need massive efficiency or some complex feature - when inconvenienced by yet another single-use car park payment app, I've never once thought how marvellous it was that the text downloaded so much faster than the many web sites I regularly use: mainly because that responsiveness is blown away by the need to faff about installing the app (not to mention the effort needed to avoid giving unnecessary phone access out!)

Re:App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) by wiseowise on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @07:41PM (#42563006)
You forgot constant 100MB updates, which are just one page refresh on web.
Re:App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) by what on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @10:28PM (#42563738)
And that one page refresh is probably also 100MB these days.
Re:App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) by wiseowise on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @03:32AM (#42564739)
Uncompressed - maybe.