No uBlock, no dev console, no network tab. Completely opaque. An install step just to order a pizza. Shareable URLs/deeplinks.
It's a freak of luck that we have the web, an app environment with a built-in dev console and actual customization. Just think how much it contrasts with the black box of native apps and with what large companies actually want. I'm in no rush to throw it away.
No need for ublock, the dev console is called your memory, your network tab is now something the entire os can understand, and you can even opportunistically block specific network calls.
Obfuscated javascript running in the console is no better than random apps, and webasm is going to make that even more opaque.
You are talking about features that are only needed for websites and why an app doesnt have those features, when they were directly bolted on to deal with the huge amount of complexity we've already handled in the OS.
On mobile its somewhat more fair, but the dev tools, adblock, and other items on mobile are almost always super compromised and locked down by the device manufacturer.
Amazon's app, at least on Android, is anyway so bad it's almost surreal. Massive lags without any indication of progress or indication that the app even accepted the input.
Now that I think of it, it feels like a bad website shipped as an app. Which it probably is.
Yes, but why should you need such a complicated system at all just to order a pizza, whether it needs an install step or not? A simple form, telephone call, etc would do.
Simple systems work great and are easy to implement when you're working with limited requirements. But the second you start to add new features, the system breaks down. How would a simple form or telephone call work if I wanted to know the status of the pizza or delivery driver's location?
I'd prefer not to give my number to them because then they can send me unsolicited "offers" all the time (just look at email) but I don't want to block them either because I still like their pizza.
It's a freak of luck that we have the web, an app environment with a built-in dev console and actual customization. Just think how much it contrasts with the black box of native apps and with what large companies actually want. I'm in no rush to throw it away.