https://gigaom.com/2014/04/08/the-rise-of-mobile-apps-and-the-decline-of-the-open-web-a-threat-or-an-over-reaction/
https://www.wired.com/2010/08/ff_webrip/
Usage of the world wide web is declining. What does /g/ think: good or bad?
Fewer normies but less innovation.
dude this is literally just expansion of video usage.
I bet if you gave this in absolute terms web would still be growing.
>>59902951
But so many more people use apps for things now than the web. I see what you mean, but surely app usage is increasing far more than web usage
Steve Ballmer was right. The reason there are so many apps is because mobile phones can't do internet properly.
what do you expect when most web pages are mammoth script bombs that don't even display properly if you block the scripts? Of course people will go for the clean fast CNN app instead of the website for example
>>59902968
These apps mostly use REST APIs that are still on the Web.
Mmm what could have been the "OTHER"
>>59903367
Exactly!
>>59903367
hhttp://catb.org/~esr/site-design.html
here is what a site needs to be
>This site is designed to convey information, not show off browser tricks or impress anyone with my graphic artistry
>>59903367
That's part of the appeal with places like 4chan. Apart from recaptcha this website is pretty light on resources.