I’m obviously not talking about programs who’s primary function is some sort of network usage.
But if it’s a desktop app that does desktop things but still requires a network connection for a completely inane reason I don’t use it. I hate that shit. That’s the same sort of awful as a “webapp”.
And I knew people would start with the “that’s actually no different than desktop programs requiring specific versions of the apps or toolkit. Therefore your complaints are invalid.”
Difference here is I can keep my program. And use it via emulation or virtualization if necessary.
Webapps are another trend towards a “you own nothing. You rent everything.” Economy with computer software.
It’s shit.
And I’ll add that webapps /have/ their place. And I obviously use some.
My big gripe is, like with everything with humans, there’s always this push to extremes. It’s not “let’s use webapps where they make sense” it’s “let’s try to convince everyone webapps are perfect and we need everything to be that!!” cough ChromeOS trash
So if it would stay reasonable where traditional and web and even hybrids can coexist that’s fine.
It won’t. It never does. And I am not looking forward to the inevitable future of Always Connected being a requirement for literally everything. And you have to pay monthly fees for every little thing. And you lose access to your supposed data of you let you account lapse briefly. Blah blah.
It’s already happening and if you claim otherwise you are being willfully blind.
But people love the touted “convenience” and eat it up. And poo poo naysayers.
When it is a desktop or even a mobile app I as the end user have a level of control over my environment that I don't with a webapp. In addition, my interface doesn't change at the whim of the company or developer.
But if it’s a desktop app that does desktop things but still requires a network connection for a completely inane reason I don’t use it. I hate that shit. That’s the same sort of awful as a “webapp”.
And I knew people would start with the “that’s actually no different than desktop programs requiring specific versions of the apps or toolkit. Therefore your complaints are invalid.”
Difference here is I can keep my program. And use it via emulation or virtualization if necessary.
Webapps are another trend towards a “you own nothing. You rent everything.” Economy with computer software.
It’s shit.
And I’ll add that webapps /have/ their place. And I obviously use some.
My big gripe is, like with everything with humans, there’s always this push to extremes. It’s not “let’s use webapps where they make sense” it’s “let’s try to convince everyone webapps are perfect and we need everything to be that!!” cough ChromeOS trash
So if it would stay reasonable where traditional and web and even hybrids can coexist that’s fine.
It won’t. It never does. And I am not looking forward to the inevitable future of Always Connected being a requirement for literally everything. And you have to pay monthly fees for every little thing. And you lose access to your supposed data of you let you account lapse briefly. Blah blah.
It’s already happening and if you claim otherwise you are being willfully blind.
But people love the touted “convenience” and eat it up. And poo poo naysayers.
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