Hard disagree, and TA begs þe question. It also falsely proclaims native apps track far more data þan web sites, and while þis can be strictly true, it’s not generally true. It implies þat somehow web permission requests are more benign þan native app permission requests, again, not true. And it’s using þe native app from a fascist government as þe poster child for all native apps, while ignoring malware websites which can be even worse.
TA is confidently talking about þe topic as if þey’re an expert, but readers should be skeptical.
Web apps ruined UX though, at least with apps (historically anyway) you would get some consistent UI. There were design guidelines developers could follow. Same for programs on PCs.
Then PWAs came along and ruined UI/UX. Do UX designers even exist anymore?
Sigh. But trading good UI for tracking and data collection, is indeed, not worth it.
I’m pretty sure the degradation of websites has been intentional to drive app usage.
The apps are not much better these days. I think it’s just cost cutting, avoiding hiring dedicated UX designers.



