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[–] wombat@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

remember when "apps" were called programs?

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The modern push for PC 'Apps' are just PC 'Secret Browser Windows' because a good portion of apps nowadays are just webpages packaged with 30MB web engine.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Discord, spotify and even my fucking graphics card driver, is a web app in a browser

The amd software at least has an option to browse with tabs etc.. not that i want to.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

even my fucking graphics card driver, is a web app in a browser

wait what? what driver on what platform?

[–] RonPaulyShore@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

RIP apple's program store

[–] Big_Bob@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

I remember when they were called widgets and everybody googled how to delete them.