Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification (commonsware.com)
from Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 11:00
https://programming.dev/post/36402058

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36398844

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tfm@piefed.europe.pub on 27 Aug 11:56 next collapse

Develop PWAs instead. They are platform independent and also work as normal websites.

BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Aug 12:25 next collapse

It sucks that that’s the best option, but if we’ve made it to that point I personally would rather just use the website without extra steps. Not a fan of PWAs.

tfm@piefed.europe.pub on 27 Aug 13:35 next collapse

Most information based apps don't need to be natively integrated. Take the Voyager client for example. It behaves almost exactly like the native version of the app.

Most users wouldn't even notice a difference, if well implemented.

App developers need to abandon these proprietary platforms and switch to open ones like the web. That's the only way to end this fuckery.

paraphrand@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 15:14 next collapse

Voyager is a fantastic example. I forget that it is a PWA all the time.

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 27 Aug 17:26 collapse

Voyager is a web site???

tfm@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Aug 08:51 collapse

Basically, yeah.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip on 28 Aug 08:48 collapse

App developers need to abandon these proprietary platforms and switch to open ones like the web. That’s the only way to end this fuckery.

The “value add” for mobile apps is mainly that they enable more analytics collection without the users having the ability to control it through ad blockers. There are vanishingly few cases where the UX is superior compared to a well-implemented web app.

squaresinger@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 23:33 collapse

If you think about it, a PWA is an electron app without the electron wrapper.

just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Aug 18:41 next collapse

How will they capture your data silly?

tfm@piefed.europe.pub on 27 Aug 19:18 collapse

I don't have any hope that Google analytics is dying any time soon

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works on 28 Aug 11:36 collapse

in a browser that’s easily blocked

tfm@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Aug 11:38 collapse

But not everyone cares, unfortunately. The masses will always be exposed to this shit.

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works on 28 Aug 13:10 collapse

I think that was not the point. but that contrary to native apps, it is easy to block that in a webapp, if you care.

tfm@piefed.europe.pub on 28 Aug 13:16 collapse

True

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 27 Aug 19:28 collapse

Many APIs Android apps can use are unavailable to PWAs. Also PWAs typically require server infrastructure to at least load once. The author of my favourite open source unit conversion calculator shouldn’t need to maintain a web server so I can use their app.

But yeah, for use cases that require a server anyways and don’t need elaborate mobile APIs, PWAs are probably the way to go.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 27 Aug 16:39 next collapse

Question 3. Why does Google’s privacy policy allow Google to share “personal information” with any “businesses or persons”?

The Google Paradox

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 27 Aug 19:11 collapse

It’s nice to hear from Mark Murphy on this. He’s a legend in the Android space.