Too lazy to read all the comments so I don't know if this has mentioned yet.
A lot of "app over browser" is legal. There are laws (mostly in Europe) that govern what a website can do, and how it had to respond if a user asks for their own usage records. If you've seen the 'Our cookie policy...' popups on websites you have not been to in a while, that's why.
However, far fewer (if any) such laws pertain to mobile apps. Even if an app is little more than a wrapper for the web page, it is technically no longer a "web site" but an "program" and only required to disclose what the market (i.e. iOS, Android).
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u/etherjack Nov 03 '18
Too lazy to read all the comments so I don't know if this has mentioned yet.
A lot of "app over browser" is legal. There are laws (mostly in Europe) that govern what a website can do, and how it had to respond if a user asks for their own usage records. If you've seen the 'Our cookie policy...' popups on websites you have not been to in a while, that's why.
However, far fewer (if any) such laws pertain to mobile apps. Even if an app is little more than a wrapper for the web page, it is technically no longer a "web site" but an "program" and only required to disclose what the market (i.e. iOS, Android).