Wow, I didn't know this existed! It seems way nicer than the "full site", I think even your average user would probably agree. The "full site" feels like nothing but a downgrade, it doesn't really add anything useful.
I assume you're referring to the fact that they don't respect the Do Not Track header? In my opinion this is fine because they don't 'track' visitors around the web as such, respecting the original intent of this DNT option.
> I feel like a lot of this comes down to what "track" means, and what I as an average user am expecting when I enable "do not track".
> Personally, I feel like "track" means following me across multiple websites, or keeping a detailed record of my individual browsing habits on an individual site.
> If you think about what "tracking" means in real life, it means constantly following someone/something or monitoring it. If someone had one of those little infrared foot traffic counter things at the door to their shop, I wouldn't say they're tracking me as an individual. They're tracking how much foot traffic they get, but they're not tracking me.
> Both Plausible and Fathom are just like this. They don't keep the same user identifiers for more than 24h, they just take an anonymous count when you walk in the door to a site (along with a few other anonymous things like referrer). In short, as a user, I don't feel like my individual activity is being tracked to create a profile of my browsing, I just feel like the website is counting me when I walk in the door. They're tracking their visit stats, but they're not tracking ME.
> As cause enabling DNT, what I'm saying and expecting is "do not track ME". It's fine to track your usage stats, but don't track ME and build a profile of ME. So I would not expect services like Plausible and Fathom to do anything about this header, since they're not tracking me as an individual in the first place.
It'd solve things from the technology side, but you'd still need to pay for a developer license, wait to pass the review process, and most importantly, let them take 30% of your revenue.
Yup, completely agree with this!! (I was also quoted in the article)
One thing I do see having the potential to change things is https://appsco.pe, it's a really nicely designed 'PWA store'. If it (and PWAs) became more mainstream, I can see that being another place that people would go to search your thing.
However, it looks like it hasn't been actively developed for a while. I wish they would add a reviews feature, as that would make them a well known 'brand' (think about all the PWA developers asking people for a review on Appscope like native devs do with the App Store)
Thanks!! :)
Honestly the main reason I went with a PWA rather than something like a Flutter app was because I don't want to be held hostage by the app stores and have to pay them 30% just for making apps for their users!
I built 1Feed because I feel like RSS, a way to own our feeds rather than consume ones built to addict us, is more important than ever in 2021. It's definitely helped me spend less time browsing online!
Nice! I've been using this for a few days now and it's really been helping me! The "activities" feature has been helping me get more active during long periods at the computer.
This is very odd...
It shows up for me, should show up for you as long as you have JavaScript enabled (and if you don't I have no idea how you're going to use a web app :P)
Yeah, I literally launched an early beta yesterday to share with some online buddies. Totally not a finished product
While many of the comments have been harsh, there's actually been a lot of genuinely good feedback which I will take into account before launching properly.