• @iliketurtles
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    127 months ago

    Won’t people just continue using the app? Wouldn’t it be as easy as side loading future installs?

    • @yamanii
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      187 months ago

      You overestimate the tech literacy of the majority.

      • @Duamerthrax
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        37 months ago

        If the tutorial can’t be boiled down to a 30 second video, tiktok users aren’t going to be able to comprehend it.

      • @Olgratin_Magmatoe
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        27 months ago

        It’s excruciatingly easy to side load on android, to the point where it is outright dangerous for laymen.

        All it will take is a 30s tiktok showing how to side load and they’re done, tech literate or not

    • @Maggoty
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      107 months ago

      Worse. Unless they’re going to start the Great American Firewall you can just go to the website.

    • @pyrate37
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      57 months ago

      iPhone has left the chat.

    • @[email protected]
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      17 months ago

      Or use it as a Progressive Web App. This could be a good thing for awareness of PWAs and for them being seen as a killer feature that people won’t buy a smartphone unless they support them well. A transition away from app stores to PWAs can only be good.

      If they are doing TikTok, maybe they should do Facebook, Reddit and YouTube next.