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  • If people were more aware of how to make and install mobile web apps it would be less of a problem.

    At least on the iPhone you can still add a site to your screen that can behave a lot like an app, including camera access, location services, and even gyro. And it’s just a website like most “apps” are.

    • 6 months

      Most people don’t care about any of that. Firefox with AdBlock to surfe YouTube without ads? Nah, they want the app, which is basically the same, but at least they can’t block ads. I stopped trying to understand

    • 6 months

      There is a great app called ‘hermit’ on android that gives you a better wepapp experience. Basically a browser tuned to make webapps act native.