Post #4163559

2025-04-14 14:48 UTC

@anatudor@mastodon.social yes that's a problem. I never wanted to get a smartphone. After I bought one I wondered why I never wanted one. I guesss it will be inevitable in a few yoears for many things to use a smartphone. Just like credit cards. In Germany you can mostly pay with cash (99%). In many other countries it will get hard to use cash. Busses in Edinburgh only accept cards and Smartphones. That's technical progress. I understand you.

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@dazo@infosec.exchange 2026-07-28 12:24

@jensgro@mastodon.social I never wanted to get a smartphone. After I bought one I wondered why I never wanted one. This is the worst argument ever. I've been on the smart-phone carousel the last 20 years or so. And I would love to be able to just get rid of it for most cases. But what is even worse ... the vast majority of apps these days are just rendering web pages. The "app" is just a web-rendering integration with a prepackaged pile of html/css/js files which gets updated once it is online. Yes, it's great for apps which needs to be functional when being offline. But it is not needed for "apps" which require to be online. I could probably accept the PWA for lots of apps. But make the damn "app" work in a browser as a starting point. @anatudor@mastodon.social

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