Bolt has a cool web interface and they really don't want you to use it

Post by jollygoodshow » Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 2:05 PM UTC

survivorBias wrote: post #51

manigandham wrote: post #26

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Why are you calling it an unverified myth? In reality there are petabytes generated everyday proving the efficacy of mobile apps vs websites. This has been tested and measured in pretty much every possible way at this point with 100s of billions in ad spend. It's not just real estate on the screen, it's faster on-device processing with lower latency, rich offline abilities, better and more persistent access to more A…

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_Bias More often then not, the front end devs responsible for the app are not very good with "normal" web frontends - so they sabotage the competition, to reduce work. Also, web pages, could be repackaged into Apps by others leeching from the products attention.

Post by s1k3s » Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 2:22 PM UTC

mojuba wrote: post #9

There's an (unverified) myth that retention on mobile apps is better. This is one of those things that marketing people keep telling each other without ever verifying the facts. (Unless you deliberately make the web version inferior, of course.) The reasoning behind it is that you should take real estate on the user's home screen at all costs, because your app's icon will serve as a reminder and people will allegedly…

Post by AtNightWeCode » Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 2:24 PM UTC

verisimi wrote: post #68

I'm glad that geo-fencing was mentioned. This is what I think all these apps - Kuba, Bolt and all those food delivery companies are. They are changing behaviour at present, they make things easy and advantageous for the user. Then the trap will be sprung. Similar to how corporate petrol stations and corporate super stores drop their prices to force local shops out of business. Once they have control and a monopolisti…

Post by dawnerd » Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 2:31 PM UTC

Lucasoato wrote: post #45

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My Reddit usage has basically plummeted to 0 at this point because of their pushing me towards an app. I think there are provable cases where an app almost certainly leads to less retention than more and something like Reddit, whose value lies in allowing you to explore the internet is almost certainly one of them.

I really can't understand why Reddit is pushing the app so hard. I mean, keep that as an option, but why creating an awful UX for the mobile web users? You gather more data but the product is worse, less users are staying and you're losing value at the end...

Post by manigandham » Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 2:42 PM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #82

manigandham wrote: post #26

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Why are you calling it an unverified myth? In reality there are petabytes generated everyday proving the efficacy of mobile apps vs websites. This has been tested and measured in pretty much every possible way at this point with 100s of billions in ad spend. It's not just real estate on the screen, it's faster on-device processing with lower latency, rich offline abilities, better and more persistent access to more A…

A lot of people I know will simply not use a service if the only way to do so is through an app, due to the dumpster fire that is security and privacy in apps. I understand that such people are a small percentage of the population, but I really do sometimes wonder if companies are even aware that they have a pool of potential customers that they've excluded from even trying their product out.