Subj : Re: the Parle alternative
To   : ARELOR
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Mon Jan 11 2021 10:28 am

> Any service that has a web interface can still be accessed from a
> not-so-smartphone. Most Apps seem to be condensed versions of the web
> interfaces anyway.

Last time I tried logging onto my bbs from a phone browser, I found the
experience was not very mobile browser friendly.  I have not tried it since
I switched to echicken's interface, though.

> This just comes to show how moronic society is by locking itself up in vendor
> App markets. In Android you can at least get your applications from different
> repositories, but on iOS you are pretty much stuck with what Apple deigns to
> offer you.
>
> Seriously, you can't even install software you write yourself into your iOS
> unless you create a dev account with Apple and pay, pay, pay!!!!

Big tech is one place where the "free market" is not really a free market.
It is controlled by a very select few.


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