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Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification (commonsware.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36398844

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

App developers need to abandon these proprietary platforms and switch to open ones like the web. That’s the only way to end this fuckery.

The "value add" for mobile apps is mainly that they enable more analytics collection without the users having the ability to control it through ad blockers. There are vanishingly few cases where the UX is superior compared to a well-implemented web app.