Re:Everyone knows all the apps on your phone
by terinjokes on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:52AM
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> Sounds like a broken web app.
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> You are currently using a webapp that doesn't do this. It's called Hacker News, and it never asks me to login every time on my phone.
Every time I visit Hacker News on my iPad I'm logged out. Apple has decided that if you don't visit a website often enough it will expire all your cookies for the site.
In practice that means I can log in to HN while I'm at the cafe one weekend and be logged out by the time I visit the next weekend.
Are you sure? My iPad has been logged on for months... the only that make it log off on the iPad is when I log off on the desktop.
Apparently HN does it on purpose and kills alls sessions on all devices when you log off.
Passkeys do definitely make the mobile web experience better, but unfortunately they’re still not widely supported. I’m not saying mobile web apps can’t be good, but a native app allows for a lot of UX optimization.
Sounds like a broken web app.
You are currently using a webapp that doesn't do this. It's called Hacker News, and it never asks me to login every time on my phone.
> when the app can just cache my authentication and FaceID me
Sounds like a broken login form.
Hacker News also allows me to login with Face ID on my phone, thanks to my password manager.
Optionally webapps can also provide Passkeys.