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Am I the only one who finds it frustrating how sites seem to be prioritizing mobile users over PC users? (lemm.ee)
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I tried looking at the reviews for a monitor, and when I clicked "see more reviews" I got redirected to a page asking me to login and to provide my mobile phone number (which I didn't do for privacy reasons).

On Instagram I was confused at everyone else mentioning Instagram stories because I only have the option of uploading pictures and videos. Then I found out that it's something you can only do if you use Instagram on a phone... I swear I've came across a few sites that wouldn't even let you sign up if you were using a PC

I only ever browse social media on a PC and that's the way it will always be. Sometimes I can't help but feel like desktop/computer users are becoming an afterthought. Anyone else have similar feelings? đź« 

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[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But they already have APIs in a lot of cases, so just wire the application to the API? Why the random HTML/JavaScript trash?

By the way I’m a web application developer. I understand SaaS, infrastructure and why it’s easier to wrap it all up but I don’t care. Why do application developers tolerate this? In some cases I produced a better version of their application by just creating the wrapper myself—they can’t even make the wrapper itself clean.

[-] micka190@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Honestly, it's just because most native UI libraries suck to use compared to HTML/CSS/JS. For all the hate modern web stacks get, it's brain-dead simple to get something good-looking in it.

Then there's the business aspect of "Well, if the people who make our web UI can also make our app UI, why not?"

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