Sourav Satvaya@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 22 days agoLet's Uninstall Chrome but...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageLet's Uninstall Chrome but...lemmy.worldSourav Satvaya@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days ago> downloads desktop app > looks inside > it’s a webpage with a dedicated browser (Web 2.0 and it’s consequences…)
minus-squareSaki@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoWhy even make a desktop app at this point? I get doing that if it has some inherent advantage over the web version, but why go through the trouble of making another program if it’s just gonna be the same but in electron?
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoThink of all that lovely data and tracking you can slurp up when unconstrained by the browser sandbox.
> downloads desktop app
> looks inside
> it’s a webpage with a dedicated browser
(Web 2.0 and it’s consequences…)
Why even make a desktop app at this point? I get doing that if it has some inherent advantage over the web version, but why go through the trouble of making another program if it’s just gonna be the same but in electron?
Think of all that lovely data and tracking you can slurp up when unconstrained by the browser sandbox.