cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36398844
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Develop PWAs instead. They are platform independent and also work as normal websites.
Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification
Submitted 20 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://commonsware.com/blog/2025/08/26/uncomfortable-questions-android-developer-verification.html
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tfm@piefed.europe.pub 19 hours ago
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
It sucks that that’s the best option, but if we’ve made it to that point I personally would rather just use the website without extra steps.
tfm@piefed.europe.pub 18 hours ago
Most information based apps don't need to be natively integrated. Take the Voyager client for example. It behaves almost exactly like the native version of the app.
Most users wouldn't even notice a difference, if well implemented.
App developers need to abandon these proprietary platforms and switch to open ones like the web. That's the only way to end this fuckery.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
If you think about it, a PWA is an electron app without the electron wrapper.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Many APIs Android apps can use are unavailable to PWAs. Also PWAs typically require server infrastructure to at least load once. The author of my favourite open source unit conversion calculator shouldn’t need to maintain a server so I can use their app.
But yeah, for use cases that require a server anyways and don’t need elaborate mobile APIs, PWAs are probably the way to go.
just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
How will they capture your data silly?
tfm@piefed.europe.pub 12 hours ago
I don't have any hope that Google analytics is dying any time soon
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
It’s nice to hear from Mark Murphy on this. He’s a legend.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 15 hours ago
The Google Paradox