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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Unironically this. There's nothing these stupid apps do that they couldn't do on a fucking browser from 2018. If you want people to use the stupid app over the site, then please have only the stupid app and ditch the "just pretending it works" site and for fuck's sake, don't make the stupid app a javascript mess, because THAT could've been a fucking site instead.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

The secret is that tons of apps are just web browsers in a costume.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Buddy, these apps could have been done in php and ajax 15 years ago

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I know. It grinds my gears how sites of 15+ years ago worked better and loaded faster than the shit we have today.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

And the web versions have and constant lightbox that asks you to download the app every fuckin breath you take. Instagram and Twitter being the worst of them all. For the second I don't even touch it. For.instagram I got barnista. And that's cause my wife uses Instagram sometimes .

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There’s nothing these stupid apps do that they couldn’t do on a fucking browser from ~~2018~~ 1998

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Reminder that the original Space Jam site is still intact

https://www.spacejam.com/1996/jam.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I love how the Concentration game has a (144k download) warning. At average 32k dial up speeds, you'd have to wait roughly 2 minutes for it to fully download.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Nice, talk about nostalgia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It has moved URLs, the site is still there but they just moved the files to a new URLs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dunkin Donut's website just doesn't work. The app is mandatory. Noped out of there real quick lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Dunkin: “fahk yah! Just wahlk in and Ahsk for yah damn cafee and egg bahgle.”