Comment by kube-system
2 hours ago
It's probably just because social media consumption looks like this today:
https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/23/11/newFile-3.jpg
and not like this, anymore:
https://headlineplanet.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/M...
How does that change anything? I think its more due to mobile sites acting like this https://www.reddit.com/r/TechNope/comments/urboo6/reddit_app...
A user on a app is more valuable since you get a lot more data on them, and can stop their ad blockers.
But people are used to that now being the normal state of things, it's rare that they even try the browser -- I develop an application that is web only and typically used on desktops, and people incessantly ask me for "an app so they can use it on their phone".