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		gherkinnn on July 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I Experience the Web Today They’ve captured you once the app is installed. A website covered in this mess (at this point it is no longer content+shit, it is shit with a little bit of content) does so because you’re still in charge.

mrtksn on July 15, 2022 [–]

Captured? What this is supposed to mean?

KoopaTroop on July 15, 2022 | [–]

It means you can't block their antics outside of the web browser, so you are captured.

mrtksn on July 15, 2022 | | [–]

The competition on apps is for quality and stickiness, they have much better user experience so I don't need to fix it in first place.

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