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[-] Rufio@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That is likely a benefit but let’s be honest the real reason is that a web version would require a lot of additional overhead especially to staff enough engineers.

[-] supernovae@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

A web wrapper for the platform would be effectively no effort, especially for a company like Facebook. The difficulties would be losing out on tracking data and dealing with annoyances like adblock

[-] Rufio@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if they are working on something now and just wanted to get the app out as an mvp.

[-] ShunkW@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This makes no sense honestly. Making a captive web app is easier than supporting two apps.

[-] Rufio@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Easier doesn’t mean better though.

this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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