> The browser should have stayed a document only thing.
I think the browser manufacturers will take that deal when the App Stores decide to not allow anything that doesn't actually have any purpose other than showing blobs of text on the screen.
When did a newspaper become an "app"? What new functionality does a newspaper bring to a phone that it needs its own binary code clogging up the flash drive?
To read NPR, I need to install the NPR app. To read BBC, I need to install the BBC app. To read CNN, I need the CNN app. And I need to keep them updated and if a new version of the OS comes out, they need to be updated to use the new APIs and... oh, what a waste of life. I just want to read the damn news. Perhaps next, I'll need separate televisions to watch different TV channels.
I think the browser manufacturers will take that deal when the App Stores decide to not allow anything that doesn't actually have any purpose other than showing blobs of text on the screen.
When did a newspaper become an "app"? What new functionality does a newspaper bring to a phone that it needs its own binary code clogging up the flash drive?
To read NPR, I need to install the NPR app. To read BBC, I need to install the BBC app. To read CNN, I need the CNN app. And I need to keep them updated and if a new version of the OS comes out, they need to be updated to use the new APIs and... oh, what a waste of life. I just want to read the damn news. Perhaps next, I'll need separate televisions to watch different TV channels.