Perhaps the hardest part to understand and appreciate is the extent to which the people who should be fighting for these users aren't. The board of @mozilla has a lot to answer for, given their mission: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mission/ https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/979097423510294529 …
Data-sensitivity, BTW, is what causes people to side-load apps (which undermines security). Native app platforms fail to serve these users well as a result.
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Android users in EM can frequently side-load bloated native apps; but only to a point. Low-end devices have very little storage. The web's design creates subtle (but effective) pressure to do better.
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iOS has always been for rich users (for whom the network is cheap); even when I got my first iPhone, the unlimited data cap signaled that the ecosystem wasn't for people who couldn't afford data. That has played out predictably: https://blog.timac.org/2017/0410-analysis-of-the-facebook-app-for-ios-v-87-0/ …
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Do your frustrations apply to us too or is this Mozilla-specific? Have I missed some context? Are we talking evangelism or engine work here?