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by wnight
4780 days ago
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Considering you're brushing off everything he said and trotting out tired justifications nobody asked for maybe you're just using any excuse - the profanity will do - to justify ignoring him. Besides, those good reasons aren't. a) You spent good money, but did you make it a good experience for the user? b) But usually the app is trash compared to a web browser, and offers a far worse experience. c) Retaining user engagement is hard when you pop up unrelated nag screens instead of making the user's task easier on your site than your competitors'. d) I want a website, you want to implant a brain worm. This is exactly why I would agree with the poster. Tons of entitled nonsense justifying making your users' experience worse - for them. What sites are you affiliated with? |
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"trotting out tired justifications nobody asked for maybe you're just using any excuse"
I never asked you to respond to my comment, but you still did! I am part of the discussion , the same way you are. and to take a step back and think why things are the way they are, IMO is very good thing. billions of app downloads happen for a reason. I was not justifying the the practice. in fact i did say "I personally think, having a small, disappearing toolbar to remind the user an app is available is the best way to go"
there are enough apps to draw an example for every case discussed (good mobile app, bad thick client vice versa..)
a) linked in does b)fb, the app is way better than the mobile website c) I agreed with this. "yes, it can be extremely annoying at times when companies prompt you to download their app" d) this is jsut hyperbole and i have nothing to say to this.
I agreed with the poster too. I had trouble with his tone like many others. with app downloads not slowing down, it is important to understand why things are the way they are. this might also help to predict the winning strategy.
and it is not just big firms that prefer an app over a website. piggy backing on my previous example, a search for stocks brings up an entirely different list of services in the apple App Store than google. the mechanisms in play are different when it comes to mobile apps. As a coder, i prefer rich mobile websites to app's whenever possible. But, I am unsure about the trend ( as it seems many business are..) and that is a discussion I look forward to have.