Some phone apps are not equal to their PC counterparts

Nathan

Nathan

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High Desert- Calif.
Desktop computer browser based websites:
Netflix is basically user friendly, navigation fairly straight-forward.
Youtube is useful, full featured, basically will "let" you do what you want.

Phone apps:
Neflix, Youtube both stink, full of obnoxious ads, navigation is crippled...did I mention that they both stink?

⬆️⬆️⬆️This just my personal experience and opinion, do you have any phone apps that fall short of their web-based versions?
 

Has been so since smartphones were created. A prime reason so many of us tend to avoid many more complex tasks on smartphones. What especially annoys me is when younger generation software engineers controlling Windows desktop/laptop applications remove GUI structures for the sake of those younger folk that are smartphone oriented. Worst is the rise of touch monitors, trackballs, touchpads I greatly dislike. The first thing many of us do after buying laptops is to buy a USB Mouse.
 
Nathan said:
Desktop computer browser based websites:
Netflix is basically user friendly, navigation fairly straight-forward.
Youtube is useful, full featured, basically will "let" you do what you want.

Phone apps:
Neflix, Youtube both stink, full of obnoxious ads, navigation is crippled...did I mention that they both stink?

⬆️⬆️⬆️This just my personal experience and opinion, do you have any phone apps that fall short of their web-based versions?
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One of the reasons I don't have those apps downloaded on my iphone....
 

Nathan said:
Desktop computer browser based websites:
Netflix is basically user friendly, navigation fairly straight-forward.
Youtube is useful, full featured, basically will "let" you do what you want.

Phone apps:
Neflix, Youtube both stink, full of obnoxious ads, navigation is crippled...did I mention that they both stink?

⬆️⬆️⬆️This just my personal experience and opinion, do you have any phone apps that fall short of their web-based versions?
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I've noticed the same thing, I've had the same problem with the Netflix and YT apps; other phone apps that aren't as good as their computer apps are amazon, realtor.com, google earth, google maps, etsy, ebay, and watchduty (an app for us burning californians).
 
I use youtube in a web browser on my phone. I've never used the app.

There are a couple features on the Netflix mobile app that the browser and computer app don't have. You can't download videos for use later if the internet goes down on a browser or computer app. Netflix took away that capability. As long as wifi is working, no problem. But if the internet ever goes down, no Netflix. On the mobile app, there's lots to watch if the internet goes down.

For my use, I'm finding that there are a lot of apps that can't be duplicated on a browser. For instance, there's lots of free breathing apps on mobile. There are limited breathing apps on a browser, and none of them have the flexibility of the free mobile apps like the capability to make custom breathing programs with a timer with breath count.

Many of the meditation apps don't have full featured browser sites. Insight Timer has a huge catalogue on its app. On its website, there's hardly anything.

Coloring apps and puzzle game apps don't work on a browser, and many don't work on tablets.

ChatGPT's voice feature works great on a mobile app. It's doesn't work on a browser.

More and more, features on browsers are getting left behind.
 

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