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rchaud
on June 29, 2025
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Why not just use the mobile website then? An app icon is itself equivalent to having a billboard on your homescreen. What is the app providing besides notifications that necessitates its use?
kortilla
on June 29, 2025
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Mobile websites are often either non existent or work far worse than the app.
jeffgreco
on June 29, 2025
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In the case of Uber, they actually have a very deeply developed webapp.
tgsovlerkhgsel
on June 30, 2025
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Thank you! You just saved me 700 MB of storage + whatever privacy violations the app was enabling.
rchaud
on July 1, 2025
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I haven't found this to be true for any app that just shows text and images.
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