I have an app for programming my chicken coop. My 401k company just created an app for onboarding new participants.

These should have been mobile friendly webpages.

  • Chozo@kbin.social
    81·
    2 years ago

    Because not everybody likes the stock interface of Lemmy. Same thing with Reddit, and why people chose to use third-party apps there, as well. Web apps aren’t always designed in the most intuitive ways for every user, and sometimes a native app can fill those UI/UX gaps, or add features that aren’t possible through a PWA.

      • AnOrangeBabbler@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yeah… more than half of the demos ended up saying “This feature is not (yet) supported on your device.”

        • lunarul
          1·
          2 years ago

          Huh, interesting. I only get that for 3 or 4.

      • Chozo@kbin.social
        31·
        2 years ago

        Even then, there’s a lot of feature you end up missing out on. Even just basic navigation has to be done via the browser’s default navigation options. Even simple things like long-pressing something on the page will typically only give you access to your browser’s long-press menu (though that’s not always the case, in my experience very few web apps handle this effectively).

        Personally, I prefer the experience of a native app. But I get why it’s not appealing to all people.