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by s5806533
1588 days ago
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Yes, I totally see your point. Gmail and similar offers are convenient, which means that native software has some very stiff competition and not a lot of adoption. I'm interested in frugal computing, and I want my software to run smoothly on a Raspberry Pi if at all possible. So I do have some demand for a native program or, rather, set of programs. Besides, on a principle level, I fail to see how something as simple as e-mail should need (or be allowed to use) something as complicated and resource-hungry as a web browser. |
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I understand. My point is that it's likely you're a fraction of the overall "home PC" market who are fine purchasing a regular PC/Laptop/Tablet with 16GB+ RAM and multiple cores (because it's so cheap now) if that can support apps that simplify their overhead.
SO while a Raspberry Pi with a NAS that backsup to rsync.net might consume way less power and be more cost efficient, it might require technical overhead that majority of people are unwilling/unable to support/incur.
> Besides, on a principle level, I fail to see how something as simple as e-mail should need (or be allowed to use) something as complicated and resource-hungry as a web browser
From a developer of a product POV, it's much simpler and less of an overhead building a web app that runs in a web browser than a native app that runs on 5 different platforms and architectures.
Essentially the developer of products are outsourcing the headaches of 5 different platform and architecture compatibility to the web browser.