A browser limits what kind of tracking they can do, while an app gives them full control over telemetry and usage data collection. Go look at the permissions for some of those bespoke apps, and you’ll quickly realize that they’re basically using it to profile the fuck out of you.
I never understood this point. In a browser you can track every cursor movement, every keystroke, every scroll action, every loss of focus, and send it to your servers in real time, all without the user noticing. How is tracking easier in an app?
A browser limits what kind of tracking they can do, while an app gives them full control over telemetry and usage data collection. Go look at the permissions for some of those bespoke apps, and you’ll quickly realize that they’re basically using it to profile the fuck out of you.
I never understood this point. In a browser you can track every cursor movement, every keystroke, every scroll action, every loss of focus, and send it to your servers in real time, all without the user noticing. How is tracking easier in an app?
The app knows what’s going on elsewhere on the device, too.