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Re:How Large Will the Paid Feed Reader Market Be? by TylerE on Thursday April 18, 2013 @01:53PM (#5572019)
Why are you so opposed to an app? This seems like the absolute IDEAL use case for an app - the only thing going over the wire is the content, not formatting, a bunch of JS, etc.
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Re:How Large Will the Paid Feed Reader Market Be? by pbreit on Thursday April 18, 2013 @02:37PM (#5572238)
IMO, an app makes no sense at all. Sending just the data over the wire is not limited to apps. And as has been pointed out, you frequently end up going to a web page so why not start out in the browser (app-encapsulated browsers usually stink).
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Re:How Large Will the Paid Feed Reader Market Be? by devindotcom on Thursday April 18, 2013 @01:59PM (#5572055)
When the content must frequently be viewed in a browser, it makes sense for the reader to be in the browser as well. An app seems far from ideal when it's just a moving window to web-based content.
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