sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWindows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PCwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PCwww.windowslatest.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThey have standalone computer apps? Why wouldn’t people just use the websites?
minus-squarecountvon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoPeople would just do that, but an app can harvest soooo much more telemetry data. Business executives will claim the app provides a “richer experience,” by which they mean they’ll experience getting richer by harvesting more customer data to sell.
minus-squaresage@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAnd they can screw over the web experience, by offering lower bitrate and missing features, even if the app is just a browser, too.
They have standalone computer apps? Why wouldn’t people just use the websites?
People would just do that, but an app can harvest soooo much more telemetry data. Business executives will claim the app provides a “richer experience,” by which they mean they’ll experience getting richer by harvesting more customer data to sell.
And they can screw over the web experience, by offering lower bitrate and missing features, even if the app is just a browser, too.