Not just as in Lemmy, but as in general.
Sites, but it’s just fedia and reddit for the most part. Exceptions are YouTube, mail, and calendar.
Most companies aren’t allocating nearly enough funds to their website teams for responsive web pages that using their apps is a better experience, and that’s by design.
But to clearly summarize your question, apps unless they are just a web app in a app container (looking at you Farmer’s insurance)
Websites. I hate apps. I hate them trying to glean data from me, I hate then trying to shove ads down my throat while I’m already buying shit from them. I hate how I have to open a new app for everything instead of just another tab. I hate that many are tied solely to apps on my phone and refuse to use those platforms. I want to use my computer instead sometimes. Sometimes I don’t want to tippy tap on a small screen. I hate apps with a passion, they are a fucking blight more often than not.
If its open source and privacy respecting then I’ll use the app. If its not and I have to use the service then website
I’ve recently cleaned up my Android phone and switched from apps to websites where possible and it’s a surprisingly good experience!
Most apps these days seem to be web browser wrappers ether way. Firefox on Android allows to turn any page into a self contained instance (like an app) which is very convenient. I can also install Ublock Origin to block ads and other firefox addons which is amazing. In particular I use addon called Stylus to adjust styling of some pages.
It definitely feels like we’re going full circle now: early desktop apps -> web browser -> smartphones launch native apps -> back to web browser The only thing holding back web browsers is Apple purposefully breaking the web to protect their 30% appstore cut.
Just note that Firefox for android tabs are not isolated from each other, but they’re sharing the same process, thus technically can access all of the other objects in Firefox′s memory. You should consider using mulch for these web-native apps style usage.
Can’t wait for fission to come to mobile to solve all this mess…
Using the Internet without an adblocker sucks. This is many times worse than a theoretical attack on the browser.
Yeah that’s true, I don’t use this method for all sites, but only these that are usable without adblocker (mostly alternative frontends). Instead, I’m opening it with mull within a work profile that has an always-on VPN.
I have too many fucking apps on my phone already. I’d much rather use websites.
I usually just use the website in a mobile browser as I generally avoid websites that require an app. It’s an unnecessary waste of space when the website could just work in a mobile browser but some developers, whether it’s because of incompetence or it’s actually intentional, either limit what features are available in mobile browsers or just make the website not work at all.
Apps I can’t handle websites on my phone
Uhaul wanted me to download their app to return a truck after hours. I will at most use uhaul once a year, but I’m not moving more frequently than that. In cases like that I’ll use websites. Same goes for restaurants and other stores
I hate apps with a passion, desktop version is almost always better unless it’s a shit website like tiktok or “x”.
YouTube desktop has always been better than mobile for instance.
Most of the time it’s the same thing.
I typically use apps if it’s something I’ll want to open on my own, and website for things I only ever open if I’m sent a link to itI try to use mobile web versions saved as an app shortcut. When you install a real app it usually comes with a bunch of permissions needed and trackers collecting your info in the background. Bad for privacy and battery life. Classyshark helps scan the trackers and a firewall can disable wifi access on app by app basis but thats a lot more trouble than just not installing a bunch if junk apps.The exception is that I trust open source software from fdroid with a public github repo.
Mostly mobile web for everything, apps for a couple of restaurants/groceries and for tickets to concerts because that is unavoidable at this time.
For Lemmy, website.
Apps 💯
Mix of both. Messengers, Mastodon and YouTube, mostly apps (except when I want to listen to YT in the background). Maps and games, also apps. But for Lemmy I use the web frontend because I haven’t yet found a convincing app and the web frontend is good enough.
