Why native apps have become privacy liabilities, and why the browser is almost always the better choice.
Native Development
I’ve been on a long-term quest to find a simple, fast, and user-friendly way to develop native applications for a variety of platforms, and this page holds ...
Windows Native App Development Is a Mess
I tried to build a Windows native app using Microsoft's latest technologies. Now I understand why everyone builds Electron apps.
SLAP and FLOP: Apple's Lack of Full Site Isolation and iOS Browser Ban Puts Users at Risk - Open Web Advocacy
TL:DR; Yet again Apple’s ban on third-party browser engines weakens security rather than strengthens it.
Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify (2026) - Shopify
Coding agents changed what it costs to build mobile apps twice. Here’s why Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin.
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An open-source privacy audit of popular web browsers.
Origin Trials
Chrome origin trials allow developers to safely experiment with web platform features
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Rupert here - I'll introduce you to the Web Applets open standard & SDK, and how to use it to create rich, graphical client-side apps that can be used by both…
Alex Moore on Open Web Advocacy and Why "Innovation Doesn't Come from the Gatekeepers"
Isolated Web Apps (IWA) | Chrome for Developers
Isolated Web Apps allow for a high-trust security model for web apps allowing for access to high-trust APIs like Direct Sockets and Controlled Frame.
A BlueSky thread by GrapheneOS on Skyview
We strongly oppose the Unified Attestation initiative and call for app developers supporting privacy, security and freedom on mobile to avoid it. Companies selling phones should not be deciding which operating systems people are allowed to use for apps. uattest.net
Stop Ignoring the Browser: The Biggest Frontend Shift in a Decade
Native browser APIs now provide powerful alternatives for routing, state management, and components. Never mind the frameworks, use the browser.
@pfrazee.com question. is there a technical reason why social-app forks are not able to quickly launch native apps? We have blacksky and mu and witchsky, yet no alternative social-app native apps. @rude1.blacksky.team I recall you putting out a request for development contributions to put out an app
