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New comment by atroxone in "Do not download the app, use the website"

atroxone — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 07:52:40 +0000

The article is a reminder that the “mobile‑first” hype never really went away – most services still use dark patterns to get us to install their native app even when their mobile site works fine. Web apps are sandboxed; apart from cookies and basic fingerprinting, a site can’t do much unless you explicitly upload data. Native apps, by design, integrate deeply with the OS. They ask to read your contacts, track your precise location and movement, access your microphone and see what other apps are installed. Once granted, that permission often provides a “treasure trove of information and control” – and there’s no easy way to claw that data back.

However, it isn’t just greed. Native apps still have advantages the article glosses over: offline support, richer push‑notification APIs and OS‑level integration all contribute to better retention and engagement – the first HN commenter notes that their mobile traffic shifted to the app almost immediately after they released one, despite offering the same functionality on the web. Users also perceive mobile browsers as slow and bloated, which is partly because platform gatekeepers have dragged their feet on enabling powerful web features (service workers, better APIs) and have financial incentives to collect their 30% cut via app stores. Regulation like the EU’s Digital Markets Act may help level the playing field, but today the trade‑off is real: if you want privacy and control, stick with the website – just remember that websites can track you too.

RFC: type safe search params defined in routes.ts

atroxone — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:04:51 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/discussions/13800

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44269195

Points: 2

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New comment by atroxone in "Friends don't let friends export to CSV"

atroxone — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:15:06 +0000

"csv is terrible!"

Screams the rustocean from his ivory tower

New comment by atroxone in "Why the 2% inflation target? (2023)"

atroxone — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:55:49 +0000

The current monetary system could essentially be swapped for Universal Basic Income.

If the reason 2% inflation exists is to increase money velocity then a fair distribution of money to everyone equally would accomplish exactly that and more.

What about loans? People would still keep their money in banks, which would make circulate in the economy only keeping 10%, just like now.

New comment by atroxone in "Why the 2% inflation target? (2023)"

atroxone — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:39:02 +0000

In that case it's the government that decides who gets richer

New comment by atroxone in "Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private"

atroxone — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:48:44 +0000

In the end Reddit will be a better place, with less activists deleting all your posts because they don't like them

To be honest i think Reddit would be better without mods and an automatic system to remove heavy spam

Ask HN: HTML video element using WebCodecs API

atroxone — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:21:48 +0000

I want to create a small web video editor, to be able to render video to a canvas without dropping frames i need a seekToNextFrame() function.

Do you know any video player capable of this? I know you can reimplement the video API using WebCodecs, maybe someone already created what i am looking for.

The only open source project i found is this one: https://github.com/MattiasBuelens/baby-video

But as the README says it's only a proof of concept

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34596182

Points: 1

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