miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoNopin' Right Outta Therelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down14
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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·4 days agoThe only reason they went from websites to apps is because with apps they can push notifications.
minus-squareAstralPath@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·4 days agoAnd the apps can report your phone’s sensor info back to their servers so they can build a profile on you to sell to data brokers.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 days agoThey can also use push notification on websites, and for both websites and apps you have to agree to a system prompt first to allow it to happen. So that’s not the reason.
minus-squarecarrylex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoInvalid since 2023: https://caniuse.com/push-api
The only reason they went from websites to apps is because with apps they can push notifications.
And the apps can report your phone’s sensor info back to their servers so they can build a profile on you to sell to data brokers.
They can also use push notification on websites, and for both websites and apps you have to agree to a system prompt first to allow it to happen.
So that’s not the reason.
Invalid since 2023: https://caniuse.com/push-api