Seriously. I don’t want to install something on my phone when the dev is just using a WebView, if that’s what it’s called. When the app is basically just a website with the browser hidden.

What’s the reason for that? To attach the customer? To sell the app for money? Is there more ad revenue that way? Do you reach more people?

(Are there any good reasons for it, too? Security, maybe?)

  • @cley_faye
    21•11 months ago

    From a technical point of view, it sometimes makes sense:

    • access to more interesting API
    • guaranteed persistent storage
    • no compatibility issues (different browsers, settings, extensions, etc.)

    Of course, that’s just what could be done easier with an app. There’s also some less interesting points:

    • giving less control to the user
    • accessing more things than needed
    • making the experience worse by hooking every single events out of the webview

    So… the answer is “because”.