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Lio ◴[] No.23677734[source]
I'm sad that this is necessary.

Most comments here seem to of the "Good no one should write a web page that accesses bluetooth and I don't care if you want to do that".

This is sad for me because I would like to be able to write web pages that talk to smart turbo trainers and other health devices.

Now you might say why not write a app to do that but personally I prefer accessing stuff from web pages.

I find apps restrictive as a user. For example there is no way to block ads in an app and often no way to zoom or select text.

Again you might be fine with that but I just wanted to offer an alternative opinion.

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jfkebwjsbx ◴[] No.23680267[source]
> ... web pages that talk to ... health devices ... there is no way to block ads in an app

Wait, what?? Why on earth would you use an app with ads for health devices?!?

Moreover, why on earth are you using apps with ads for anything?

Please, please, please, pay for your apps and games. Stop making everything an ad service. The race to the bottom in the web and mobile world is disturbing.

Would you want to pay for your house plumbing by being forced to watch an ad every time you shower? Think about how dystopian that sounds. There are even Black Mirror episodes on that.

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1. hvis ◴[] No.23683113[source]
> Wait, what?? Why on earth would you use an app with ads for health devices?!?

GP said they want to _write_ a web app that talks to health devices. And that they like the web platform because it's easy to block ads shown to you by other web apps.

I will add that it's also easier to detect/block tracking. Browsers such as Firefox even try to do this for you these days. And to generally examine what the app is doing (e.g. by running it in JS debugger).

Yes, paid apps usually (but not always) remove ads. They keep the telemetry, though.