The 2010s was the Wild West of the mobile world. "Mobile-first" was the buzzword, much like "AI-first" is today. Every company, from the biggest social media giants to your local pizza parlor, seemed
Most “apps” today are browsers disguised as native applications running a pile of web 2.0 crap locally. A dead giveaway is the sheer amount of disk, memory and CPU they require.
An example of this most people are familiar with is Teams, which is nothing more than a glorified IRC client but requires gigabytes of disk and RAM.
But it’s not limited to sloppy, hateful companies like Microsoft: FreeTube too is an Electron app, and while it is a favorite among open-source enthusiasts and Google haters, it is also a resource hog.
The point being, if it runs in a hidden browser you can’t control, you can be certain it does everything it would do in YOUR browser if you didn’t install NoScript and uBlock Origin, and configure it for security and privacy. In other words, if the app maker is adversarial like Microsoft, it’s almost certainly spyware, and you’re indeed better off running the app off their website with your regular browser instead.
Not to mention, if your browser is already open and burning tons of RAM by itself, why open a second one?
Most “apps” today are browsers disguised as native applications running a pile of web 2.0 crap locally. A dead giveaway is the sheer amount of disk, memory and CPU they require.
An example of this most people are familiar with is Teams, which is nothing more than a glorified IRC client but requires gigabytes of disk and RAM.
But it’s not limited to sloppy, hateful companies like Microsoft: FreeTube too is an Electron app, and while it is a favorite among open-source enthusiasts and Google haters, it is also a resource hog.
The point being, if it runs in a hidden browser you can’t control, you can be certain it does everything it would do in YOUR browser if you didn’t install NoScript and uBlock Origin, and configure it for security and privacy. In other words, if the app maker is adversarial like Microsoft, it’s almost certainly spyware, and you’re indeed better off running the app off their website with your regular browser instead.
Not to mention, if your browser is already open and burning tons of RAM by itself, why open a second one?
All valid criticisms, we are waiting for your commits to make freetube a native application. We believe in you, you got this!
Feel better getting that snark out? I hope so.
Just write it in Java, problem solved. I know people like to hate on it, but “write once, run everywhere” is really fucking attractive.