I do think about how photography’s claim to authority - its claim to represent some objective reality we all live in - is being questioned by the prevalence of filters and photoshop on social media.
It is not that social media is a digital reflection of the physical world, but more of an alternate reality in which we all have digital avatars that may or may not correspond to a physical self.
I can see how this could work in English. I’m not sure if there are other languages in which 3/4 of a word carries more meaning. (I’m a primary English speaker, so this concern could be unfounded.)
- I get lonely at night and I wish I had coping mechanisms for this.
- ex-lonely is a group of lonely people who talk to each other. To feel less lonely.
- I actually thought making it free would be morally upright. Then I realized charging a fee is the easiest way to discourage trolls etc. from joining.
The main limitation is Apple. Progressive web apps are poorly supported by recent releases of iOS.
On Android, progressive web apps have way more support.
If I release a web app for Android, there are APIs I can use that prompt native installation prompts the user can see. The user understands my web app can be downloaded like an app from the app store can be downloaded.
On iOS, your web app just looks like a webpage to users. It is technically possible for users to "download" your web app by adding the webpage to their home screen, but this scenario is tedious. The webpage that the iOS user added to their home screen always opens in Safari, so it just feels like a bookmark to the user.