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No offence: but the problem is an app forces me to trust you; a website does not. I have toghter and easier control over a web request than I do over an app, and even if an app doesn’t have these permissions today, an update or an update after a sale could trivially and silently introduce them.

A website is obvious if the deal changes-- you put up a login wall to harvest data; I stop using the site. You put trackers and ads into the UI; I block it at the DNS level.

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Qaf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That’s a completely reasonable position, and I don’t disagree with it.

You’re right that native apps require a higher level of trust than the web, and that control and transparency are easier to maintain on the web side. Those concerns are valid, especially for privacy-conscious users.

This app is intentionally minimal and privacy-light, but I fully accept that for some people, a website will always be the preferred and safer option. That perspective makes sense.

Thanks for laying it out clearly.

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