Nostr Web Client

I actually hate mobile apps. Do you want to be cucked by Apple or cucked by Google? Or if you prefer, you can try React Native and by cucked by both Apple and Google at the same time. It feels like being stuck in the crossfire of two evil corporations. It's the app store industrial complex. Because they control the distribution platform, so they can bully you into conforming to their arbitrary demands.

Computers were built by hackers, and Free Software fought against its control for decades. Now to many people, smartphones are the ONLY computers, which were first built as TOYS. Now we're still working backwards to having freedom on them.

Alex Gleason 10mo ago

And yet, people "NEED" native apps. They cannot comprehend anything but clicking "Install" in the app store. So it's almost like we've been forced into doing it.

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HoloKat 10mo ago

Native app experience usually better.

Sjors Provoost 10mo ago

Indeed. I hate walled gardens and the entire concept of app stores, but not the native apps. You should just be able to download and install them from a website.

Zapstore 10mo ago

How do you get updates when you install from a website?

vnprc 10mo ago

I kind of enjoy watching people's brain melt when you tell them you're not installing an app. It never gets old.

Scoundrel 10mo ago

I think the context matters a lot. If it's a local program, if it connects to many unaffiliated actors, or if I want it always running in the background, then I much prefer to download a raw Android APK off the internet.

If it's for interacting with one organization and if I only want to run it occasionally, then I insist that it be a web service.

Currency of Distrust 10mo ago

I agree with you so much. Kowtowing to peoples lack of willingness to learn to do something as simple as PWAs is crazy. It could literally undermine the entire effort of Nostr.