• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Good rule, those should be web addresses, not apps. Or even better, native applications rather than web apps, but it does depend on the context.

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          7 months ago

          Eh… why? More to the point, it’s not mentioned anywhere in their guidelines, it was made up on the spot by the fella doing the code review.

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            7 months ago

            They are inefficient and bloated.

            And personally, I prefer good reasoning over good rules. If something comes up that is a bad idea but there’s no existing rule against it, the rules should be changed to address it. As long as the reasoning is sound, I think it’s a good thing, especially when we’re talking about something like a software distribution platform as opposed to say laws that determine freedom or imprisonment.

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              7 months ago

              Also if you’ve made a web app, let it be installed as a web app. Both FF and Chrome let you install web apps in one click.

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              7 months ago

              Inefficient and bloated describes 90% of all apps I’ve ever seen, regardless of technology used, so I fail to see your point.

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        7 months ago

        If you really want to have it available on F-Droid, you can always put it in a separate repository. So I can see it being annoying that they reject it from their repo, but there’s still a reasonable path forward.

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          7 months ago

          Well, I have the app on Google Play store, which was originally meant to be the alternative, now it’s the main store.

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          7 months ago

          Not WebView, but a so-called TWA, aka Trusted Web Activity, a features specifically designed to wrap PWAs and give them full-blown app capabilities.

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            7 months ago

            What additional capabilities does that give the app beyond using Firefox or Chrome to install it as a PWA?