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It's been 13 years of "no, you can't do in the phone's webbrowser the thing you can do in a PC's webbrowser, you need to install a fucking app". People just accepted it. The fuckers accepted it. (hexbear.net)
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[–] 99 points 3 years ago (6 children)

The browser represents a political statement that the rendering of the web page ought to be under the control of the user. The app is a capitalist reaction to that statement.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The web browser is under the control of Google. The app is just a thing actually designed to run on your computer that can actually utilize its features.

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