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Am I the only one who finds it frustrating how sites seem to be prioritizing mobile users over PC users? (lemm.ee)
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I tried looking at the reviews for a monitor, and when I clicked "see more reviews" I got redirected to a page asking me to login and to provide my mobile phone number (which I didn't do for privacy reasons).

On Instagram I was confused at everyone else mentioning Instagram stories because I only have the option of uploading pictures and videos. Then I found out that it's something you can only do if you use Instagram on a phone... I swear I've came across a few sites that wouldn't even let you sign up if you were using a PC

I only ever browse social media on a PC and that's the way it will always be. Sometimes I can't help but feel like desktop/computer users are becoming an afterthought. Anyone else have similar feelings? 🫠

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[-] [email protected] 111 points 4 months ago

I think they get more data from your usage on mobile.

[-] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago

yep. tons of telemetry.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago

Even moreso for apps, you can still retain some control through Firefox and others on mobile, but it's still limited.

They want to push people to apps because you have no control over how you view the site, unlike on a traditional web browser where you can tweak such things and block advertiser connections.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think it's also that just significantly more people own a phone than a laptop.

It's like those demographics maps that are really just population maps.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago

Phones have web browsers. You can view websites easily from your phone.

Apps give them access to everything. You can request access to contact lists, even, and most people won't even think twice to allowing access.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

If companies really designed sites and apps thinking on the majority of people they would make their software as lightweight as possible, so that they could run fine on cheaper hardware

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fucking seeeeeerrrioussslyyy dude I remember when GoogleTalk took 8 megabytes of RAM. Discord at minimum takes about 200mb.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ayup. Iphones at least sandbox, but even then, you're still talking a sieve over a bucket leak-wise

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