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So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes

264 points · 114 comments · speckx

pan69 · 1790623698 · focus · HN ↗
Anyone can make a website and publish it but for some reason when it comes to apps there needs to be a store with a review process. Aren't apps, in a way, not just specialised browsers (not talking about webview apps here) that run in a sandbox? Why the need for all this "reviewing", does it make apps safer or better quality? Is it a device ecosystem permission / security problem? I.e. why do apps need stores and websites don't?
1. NetMageSCW · 1790624799 · focus · HN ↗
  The iPhone 1 only allowed web bookmarks. They aren’t as capable as real apps in dozens of ways. The fact that lots of Apps are just glorified web site browsers doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of apps that aren’t, and some that couldn’t be done with a web site at all.
  1. speedstyle · 1790676922 · focus · HN ↗
    It's not that apps should be websites, but that you should be able to load apps as freely as websites.

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