ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoPlease Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrunwww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1711arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1697arrow-down1external-linkPlease Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrunwww.theatlantic.comForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square127fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 hours agomost apps are just containerized websites. You know why? Cause browsers do a lot to protect your data from invasive sniffing. but if you containerize it in an app, you can remove all those pesky safety measures Which lets you turn a customer into a product by siphoning up all their data and information.
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 minutes agoI wonder when Steve Jobs first approached software developers with this idea. Clearly pre-2007.
most apps are just containerized websites.
You know why?
Cause browsers do a lot to protect your data from invasive sniffing.
but if you containerize it in an app, you can remove all those pesky safety measures Which lets you turn a customer into a product by siphoning up all their data and information.
I wonder when Steve Jobs first approached software developers with this idea. Clearly pre-2007.