• Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    he’s referring to the fact that a web browser is a 30 year old technology and there are apparently people still dont know what it is

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      7 months ago

      That I’m not surprised. Look how many companies are shoving apps down our throat while treating web browser users as second class citizens. My sister (21-30 age group) only know to use the “Google app” to search the web on her iPhone while Safari is pinned at the bottom and rarey uses it.

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        7 months ago

        the reason is that corps can harvest massively more data with an application installed directly in your OS, rather than trying to stay within the security confines of the browser sandbox

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        7 months ago

        My sister doesn’t do that, but other students at my school are like that