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Why Apple’s iPhone Browser-Choice Option Sucks
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this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2024
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Naked corruption.
Also, if your users need a web browser defined in 2024, I’m sorry that your users are fucking morons and old people. The old people will die soon and then you’ll only have the morons left.
You need to meet more young people they don't know either specifically because companies like google and apple try to obscure competition by making their way seem like the only way.
Can you please elaborate what you mean "web browser defined in 2024"? Thanks.
he's referring to the fact that a web browser is a 30 year old technology and there are apparently people still dont know what it is
That I'm not surprised. Look how many companies are shoving apps down our throat while treating web browser users as second class citizens. My sister (21-30 age group) only know to use the "Google app" to search the web on her iPhone while Safari is pinned at the bottom and rarey uses it.
the reason is that corps can harvest massively more data with an application installed directly in your OS, rather than trying to stay within the security confines of the browser sandbox
My sister doesn't do that, but other students at my school are like that
The average people don't know the concept of browser. I saw people using Google search (the app) as a browser. I saw people trying to login in their webmail using Google search (the app), then in order to see what photo they wanted to upload they went back to home by closing the WebView, watching the photo, then using again the Google search app to login in their webmail. Extremely infuriating, I wanted to die.
Jfc. I don't have much exposure to people younger than me using technology. Family (nieces and nephew) live in another state, so I don't watch them use phones and tablets. I wonder if my adult niece (who's very bright) is doing things this way and I just wasn't aware. Fuck me. I thought we'd be past this by now.