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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.

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buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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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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President_Obama [they/them]@hexbear.net
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Browser communist

Apps capitalist

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alexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.net
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Cappitalist :kelly:

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silent_water [she/her]@hexbear.net
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use firefox

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blobjim [he/him]@hexbear.net
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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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NoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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And then the “app” “actually designed to run on your computer” is actually just chromium

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ProletarianDictator [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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…with extra narcing and battery consumption.

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