Your ‘App’ Could Have Been a Webpage (so I fixed it for you…)

3 months ago by monica_b1998 to c/androidapps

I was asked to install a mobile app to get access to the itinerary of a trip to Disneyland I'm taking with the kids. Fuck that noise: couldn't it have just been a Web page? An hour of reverse-engineering later, it is, and it's superior in virtually every way to the "app" that it replaces.
JayGray91 5 points 3 months ago

Exponentially more rage inducing when it's a government service. Lowest bidder contractor that just throws all permissions requested by default, laggy back end that's already 10 years old 20 years ago, and the web page the app is replacing is stuck in the stone ages

And since it's a government service, (for android) they'll scan for accessibility and third party keyboard usage, or developer options turned on, and dictate how I fucking use my property. Also because the app can spy on their users more thoroughly.

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