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0 pointstannhaeuser8y ago0 comments

True, but I think the push for web apps is mostly about lock-in and ad-financed web services.

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How do web-apps help lock-in? Because you can force users to update?

Because your data is being held hostage by the service provider. No more grandmas showing photo albums to their grandchildren when Facebook is long gone 30 years from now :'(

aperiodic8y ago

Well, you can easily do this with a native app that relies on content from your servers (e.g. dropbox).

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aperiodic8y ago

How do web-apps help lock-in? Because you can force users to update?

tannhaeuserOP8y ago

Because your data is being held hostage by the service provider. No more grandmas showing photo albums to their grandchildren when Facebook is long gone 30 years from now :'(

aperiodic8y ago

Well, you can easily do this with a native app that relies on content from your servers (e.g. dropbox).

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