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by pests 616 days ago
Just as a data point, the YouTube app on most TVs and devices is a stripped down browser only supporting exactly the HTML/CSS/JS needed to run the big picture client.

By tighter integration with the final product, the browser can provide specialized elements or APIs to simplify the actual application code.

I think it's used a few other places as well.
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madeofpalk 615 days ago
Most smart tv apps are just web apps. YouTube isn’t particularly unique in that regard.

Even the old pre-tvOS Apple TV apps were kinda web apps - XML and JavaScript delivered over HTTP

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pests 615 days ago
I do agree TV apps are mostly web apps, but most of them did not run in a browser that was specifically designed for that single app.
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