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Could you please fuckıng not, Urban Dictionary? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Here's a real reason: It's generally more optimized and smooth than the web version. And before you say that's because the websites purposely nerf themselves, one of the best examples to support my statement is Mastodon, which is slow and laggy on the website but fast and smooth in the app.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Here's the REAL reason: Apps grant Developers/Content owners more control/metrics/data about the user to feed their advertisers, which translates to more revenue. It's way easier to hoover up data about the user outside of the browser sandbox, and in apps.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

But this urban dictionary app looks like some webapp. Also this slight smoothness costs your personally identifiable data for such apps

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How often do I need to find a reference in Urban Dictionary?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You tell us winsome