Why are there so many apps that could be websites?
Seriously. I don't want to install something on my phone when the dev is just using a WebView, if that's what it's called. When the app is basically just a website with the browser hidden.
What's the reason for that? To attach the customer? To sell the app for money? Is there more ad revenue that way? Do you reach more people?
(Are there any good reasons for it, too? Security, maybe?)
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Ad revenue. It is harder to block ads on mobile than it is on desktop.
Especially in an app rather than a mobile browser.
Heck all the features of YouTube premium? Are available for free in firefox
plus all that sweet user and device tracking data.
Yeah this too. Ads and telemetry. Those make money.
More like gathering user data they can sell