Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
Tim Sweeney on Twitter / X
Google is opening up Android all the way with robust support for competing stores, competing payments, and a better deal for all developers. So, we've settled all of our disputes worldwide. THANKS GOOGLE! https://t.co/Dq6eXNnZd0— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) March 4, 2026
webmcp is the new web intents ... maybe
One day the web will have a federated way to link to functionality. I swear we will. For those who know me, you can tell that I’ve been thinking about Web Intents again… a lot. If you don’t know me, Web Intents was a 2012 attempt to give the web a vocabulary for “I want to do X, what site can help me?”. Share, edit, pick, save-for-later, buy. And a way for sites to ask for a link to a site that matched their intent. It was basically Android Intents for the web. It got pulled. I’ve written about what happened to Web Intents and again when I was reinventing Web Intents.
What does it look like for the web to lose?
There is always some degree of tension between “native apps” and “the web” as platforms. If you’re going to write a native app for Android devices, well, I’ll qu…
No one wants yearly Android releases
After a year, Android Marshmallow has barely managed to hit 7.5 percent, and in a few weeks Google will unveil the next release that no one will want.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you own in th...
Google takes a new approach to native apps with Instant Apps for Android | TechCrunch
Mobile apps often provide a better user experience than browser-based web apps, but you first have to find them, download them, and then try not to forget
App subscriptions were always inevitable
The future will be paid for in small increments
Native Apps are Doomed
From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps. Progressive web apps are web…
Why I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
Monday of last week I was all excited. I had just gotten the green light to start prototyping a new Progressive Web App for a client I've been working with.
Why Native Apps Really are Doomed: Native Apps are Doomed pt 2
I recently wrote an article called “Native Apps are Doomed.” I was surprised at how many people were defending native apps. In all honesty…
Updates
A library that enables your app to manage remote updates to your application code.
Apple’s biggest announcement today was Memory Integrity Enforcement · Victor Wynne
Today’s Apple event introduced Memory Integrity Enforcement on iPhone 17, the most significant memory safety upgrade in consumer OS history.
Nobody Wants Your Damn App
Nobody wants another app cluttering their phone—so why does every website keep begging us to install one? The web already perfected the experience: click, load, done. Maybe it’s time we stopped trying to ruin it.
Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps
Important changes to Android devices took effect starting Monday.
Post-appitalism rejects the super-app as a meaningful alternative to todays app-based production of software. An app that becomes so big that it starts sucking in smaller apps perpetuates the same dynamics no matter how well integrated the smaller apps can be.
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