this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
625 points (96.4% liked)

linuxmemes

21180 readers
1329 users here now

Hint: :q!


Sister communities:


Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
  • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
  • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.

  • Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    founded 1 year ago
    MODERATORS
     

    And no IPad version to

    you are viewing a single comment's thread
    view the rest of the comments
    [–] [email protected] 112 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Isn't the web version a full client that works without a phone nearby nowadays?

    [–] [email protected] 87 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Yes it is, and because of who owns it, I would even prefer that to an unsandboxed closed source native binary.

    [–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Pretty much I'll never understand why people want their webpages to be apps with access to all your shit

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

    It's because the vast, vast, VAST majority of people have no idea that many apps are just showing a website. Also, the app version is almost always more efficient in terms of precious phone screen real estate compared to a browser. Apps also remember who you are so you don't have to login. It isn't hard to understand why people like them.

    That said, many apps are horrible from a privacy perspective. But that is largely hidden from the average user, most of whom simply don't think much about online privacy anyway.

    I hope the ubiquity of irritating ads are the thin edge of the wedge that gets more people interested in ad-blocking, and then perhaps online privacy more generally.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    it is convenient mostly for developers, not people.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

    But a lot of these apps are electron webpages in application form I'll never understand it

    [–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    Yes, but no calls, because apparently a browser doesnt have microphone and speaker support

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

    Whatsapp does their calls over voIP anyways right?

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

    works without a phone nearby nowadays?

    Last time I checked it kicked me out for no reason... But in a nutshell yes.