this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2024
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.
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Why the fuck would anybody install an APP to use a website?
(Puts on clown face) "Sure, I'll install this program on my pocket computer from the Urban Dictionary to save the time it would take me to open a web browser and type in the URL of it, all it costs is me giving direct access to my stored personal data and real-time activities"
Seriously. Apps are stupid. They exist solely to steal your data, and they do that by asking for insane permissions.
And the overwhelming majority of this could be avoided if consumers didnt just straight up braindead refuse to use the actual website because "hurr hurrr I do nothing wrong why I have to hide anything I WANT MAH CONVENIENCE! REAL OR PERCEIVED!"
No, only stupid apps are stupid.
Webpages are webpages. Apps are apps. Just don't use webpages that are shitty apps, don't use apps that are shitty webpages, never let a webpage display an ad, never accept a closed-source app and you'll be fine.