Mobile apps bit rot pretty quickly when they stop updating them. A web UI would be better. A server or internet connection is not needed, a web UI can be hosted directly on the device.
That means apps tend to stop working if the developers don’t keep updating them. Mobile operating systems much, much worse backwards compatibility than windows. If the device hosts its own website instead of using an app, it will most likely work fine decades from now without any updates.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
Mobile apps bit rot pretty quickly when they stop updating them. A web UI would be better. A server or internet connection is not needed, a web UI can be hosted directly on the device.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
An accessible documented API would be better. A standardized one for all vacuums would be best.
Auli@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
What does this even mean?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 18 hours ago
That means apps tend to stop working if the developers don’t keep updating them. Mobile operating systems much, much worse backwards compatibility than windows. If the device hosts its own website instead of using an app, it will most likely work fine decades from now without any updates.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Mobile apps that aren’t supported lose functionality quicker then webUI alternatives (since web standards stick around longer I’d guess)
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
it means android api changes, google play restrictions and removals