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by cyberax 163 days ago
No web version? No sale.

WTF is wrong with these social apps!?!? Who wants to chat on a tiny screen when they have a computer available. Especially for local apps that function only when you're home.
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shigawire 163 days ago
>WTF is wrong with these social apps!?!? Who wants to chat on a tiny screen when they have a computer available. Especially for local apps that function only when you're home.

I agree with you personally... But at this point it is clear the answer is "everyone". The average consumer is not using a desktop for personal computing daily, just work.

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tclancy 163 days ago
I mean, every phone has a camera built-in and you don't have to worry about drivers or anything like that.
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MarsIronPI 162 days ago
I mean, every browser (worth supporting) can use the device's camera[0] and you don't have to worry about building for every OS or anything like that.

[0]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Media_Captu...

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tclancy 160 days ago
I think you missed my point. That camera can be anything whereas a phone camera is going to work and no, most computers don’t have an always available camera.

Other than that, touché.

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