Brutkey

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

Did you know you can install Fediverse servers' websites as apps on your phone? These "web apps" let you have the most fully-featured versions of Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed etc as apps on your home screen, including notifications, full screen interfaces etc.

It's very easy to install web apps on Android and iPhone/iPad, full instructions in this guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

Most web apps have more features than app store apps, due to restrictions in app store rules.

#FediTips

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

p.s. If you're wondering why you don't hear more about web apps, it's because Apple and Google hate them. Web apps totally bypass Apple and Google app stores.

Apple and Google enjoy controlling and taxing apps, but they have no control over web apps and don't get any money from them.

Apple even tried to stop web apps completely, luckily they had to back off: https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-backs-off-killing-web-apps

Web apps are a way of getting apps directly from the people who make them, without big tech getting in the way.

mellowfish
@mellowfish@ruby.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services with respect. As a software developer who has done both native and web, you don’t hear about web apps because they are a pain to build, don’t really add a lot of value, and approaching zero people ever install them. It’s a pipe dream.

Toni
@coloco@mstdn.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Apple no deja poner F Droid en móvil

Android/Google si

Algo se diferencian no?

Por que eso?

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

p.p.s. By their web-based design, web apps have much less access to the data stored on your phone. It's much harder to spy on people from web apps.

That's why so many companies try so hard to push you away from their websites and towards their app store apps, because app store apps make it much easier for them to spy on you.

Joe
@not2b@sfba.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I use @phanpy as a web app on my phone to access Mastodon. It works well.

BigLinter
@biglinter@mastodon.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services imagine theres a fight and nobody is joining

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@coloco@mstdn.social

I think there were some technical barriers but @fdroidorg@floss.social would be able to give a proper answer?