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by realusername 13 days ago
How so? The accessibility API which is causing data exfiltration here doesn't even exist on the web.
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It also doesn't exist if you close the computer and take a walk in nature.

But we're talking about a case where you also want/need to use native apps. Not necessarily browser. Even if "it's the same" in this case, not all apps are equally viable as browser pages.

Not to mention performance/privacy/etc wise web apps are a regression.

> Not to mention performance/privacy/etc wise web apps are a regression.

Privacy-wise, web apps are also much better than native apps, less apis to exploit and also you can use an adblocker to kill tracking which as far as I know, doesn't exist on any mobile platform at the moment, even on GrapheneOS (I'm not talking about basic DNS shenanigans but actual automated native tracker removal)

I'd only agree about the performance part and even then, with the regression of mobile performance in the last few years (Material 3 / Liquid glass), it's not as clear cut as it used to be.

> But we're talking about a case where you also want/need to use native apps

Well if it's your only criteria then, the bar to get accepted in your average mainstream Linux repo is much much higher than any current mobile platform.