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jrm4

@anarchopunk_girl @noxypaws @obsolescentsapien @drazraeltod @pluralistic

That was the "to me" part, sure. You may prefer how "real apps" operate in your experience, but seems to me you'd want to address the objectively true things:

They take up more space and more overhead, they're harder to audit, very frequently they're doing unintended/hidden/unreported data collection on users, and they can be limited by device/proprietary in harmful ways.

Generally an inferior idea all around.