The reason this is done is because you can see everything your browser is doing, but you can't see everything an application is doing without disassembling it.

I want very much to go back to websites. Apps are stupid.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 34 points 2 months ago (5 children)

the reason is children. for some reason the most recent generation of kids requires apps instead of sites. god forbid they have to remember an address.

just look at the fuckload of people who cant use lemmy without an 'app'

this is one of my peeeves

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

One benefit an app for something like Lemmy offers is significantly better customization.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

thats a copout for the site sucking. lemmy looks like someone forgot the css. one of the reasons i chose mbin, its not fugly and very user-configurable.

no app required

[–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

one of the reasons i picked dbzer0 is that the layout just looks Better (ie doesnt look like someone forgot the css) :]

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, I think part of it is because they grew up interacting with apps because parents were, mostly rightly, restricting their children from use of the greater unrestricted web. Every modern parent I know had children who knew which apps on mommy or daddy's phone they were allowed to touch - their games or youtube kids or whatever. These apps provided easy safeguards for parents to rein in their child's internet experience. Even if these methods weren't perfect in their attempt (Elsagate and all that), this was still good practice for allowing your child access to modernity in the times you couldn't fully devote your time to overseeing their activity with relative confidence they were probably not watching wildly inappropriate content.

In a perfect world parents and educators would also be devoting time to teaching their child to navigate the internet and allowing them monitored (with physical eyeballs, not tracking) online browsing time, but I don't think we can rightly fault the kids for not having received that. Rather than grumbling about the situation, I think we'd be better served accepting it for what it is and instead approaching the topic from a stance of: how do we teach them better behavior and help them unlearn these bad habits?

edit: typo

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don;t need to put "edit: typo" in your comment. /lh

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I'm aware, but I do it to ensure readers that the content of my message hasn't changed in the time since the edit, I'm just cleaning up the syntax. It's a matter of attempting to provide a consistent face.

[–] tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They just haven't seen the light yet - I feel like most people from every generation are app'd up.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 months ago

fair

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I prefer using Lemmy with an app because apps are better designed for my screen than an website. It's kind of rare finding an website that looks good on portrait.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 months ago

right, the lemmy website is garbage. many others are not. i have zero issue using mbin, accessing lemmy content without an app on my mobile device in portrait.

no app needed, but its because mbin is designed as modern sites should be. dynamically scaled to the requested interface.

again, if your website isnt absolute garbage no app is required.

[–] averyminya 1 points 2 months ago

Apple brainwashed us with iPod 3Gs and apps

Also people can use Lemmy without apps, it just doesn't have all the same features in the UI which is why people use wrappers