A lot of things where the "app" is just a bloated Electron wrapper. The web version, if offered, is almost always better even if it lacks a few features.
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
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Goodreads: I usually just use their desktop website, but sometimes I need to check something on my phone. I've found the mobile website has basic features the native app is missing - like search!
Lemmy. The mobile apps just aren't there just yet.
Says a lot about the apps I guess. I don't find the website to be particularly great, at least on mobile. Seems to constantly reset my filters and/or my scroll position which is very annoying. Getting a reply has a 'context' button, but that just takes you to the post with only that reply visible. It takes a separate click to show what that reply is actually replying to, which feels weirdly clunky.
YouTube. The mobile site is fairly functional and with Firefox for Android I can block the ads.
I would usually feel bad about blocking ads but I paid for YouTube Premium for many years but only quite because they kept degrading the service. So I don't really have any sympathy.
Facebook - I've found their mobile app is very large and I didn't like the temptation to look at it all the time. I switch to using a browser in privacy/incognito mode. I log in and spend more quality time seeing what my friends and family are up to without obsessing over it.
The most common reason for something to be "better in the app" is that the website is full of popups telling you to use the app