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zarriak on Sept 25, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why aren't modern mobile apps design to fa...

The real answer is they want to reduce the chance of someone intentionally using it offline because it’s more convenient or easier in a specific situation.

ldoughty on Sept 25, 2022 [–]

Also can't serve advertisements if the end user is offline.. even if the app otherwise requires no Internet connection (e.g. solitaire, sudoku, etc)

There's no financial incentive to add extra error handling code in this case.

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