Debating writing a blog post about why I don't think the Chrome team's approach to the "threat" of native apps is helpful for the web platform… Maybe I should write something uncontroversial at some point… (But why would anyone read what I write about uncontroversial things?)
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Replying to @gsnedders
Do it! I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic.
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I'd also love to hear alternatives. I mostly get "if the web doesn't ever take off on mobile, does it really matter?" Assuming it *does* matter, what approach do you think would be more effective? And why?
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Are you tweeting from a parallel universe where the web hasn’t taken off on mobile?
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I am tweeting from the Android universe (~80% of mobile devices shipped) where that is indeed the case.
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Replying to @slightlylate @othermaciej and
If we look only at absolute
#s, we do see growth; holy cow there are a lot of mobile devices! If we look at fraction of time spent on device, the web didn't start high and hasn't grown, particularly amongst phone-only users at the bottom of the income scale. That's ~most people.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Has Google ever published any data about the fraction of time spent on device and how browsers are versus other apps? (And where do custom tabs fit into that?)
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We have not. CCT looks like "regular browsing" to us, and I include it in my analysis (whereas it is much harder to understand, and likely not accurate, to include WebView time)
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