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Ask HN: Am I the only person who hates mobile apps but adores computer software? (news.ycombinator.com)
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[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

Mobile apps are an abomination

I remember the 90's. I remember the entire Internet being a hair's breadth from being owned by Microsoft. I remember how fucking much work it was to create OPEN STANDARDS so that any website can be viewed with any browser.

There was never a good reason for native apps. Even less so once HTML5 got styles and vid support.

Fuck apps