1186
Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
117 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 132 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

Most "apps" are just http web hooks to a regular website backend with extra tracking telemetry. So a website working as a PWA should be enough for everyone.

I hate how everything has to be a fucking app, because it doesn't need to be.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 9 child comments
    •
  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    If phone OSes made it so there's less friction to save a web page as an icon on your desktop it would help to resolve that issue I think.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
    •
  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think that's only partly true as companies, especially big ones, want the telemetry and control of a native app instead of just a web page

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s so easy, even on iOS. Just tap share and add to Home Screen. It’s probably just as easy on android.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It's very easy.

    Chrome let's you do "install" websites to home screen, Firefox allows saving shortcuts to home screen.

    The annoying thing is that you can't save them to the app drawer (at least on vanilla android), so if you have a clean home screen you have to sacrifice that.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yep, you're 100% right. Not sure why I thought it was high friction. I feel like I confused trying to put an icon for an image on my home screen (gym app's sign in QR code) with sending a web page to the home screen.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent