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		neilalexander 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do not download the app, use the website They are potentially operationally cheaper. Answering a few API requests is cheaper than sending the same HTML over and over and over again.

graemep 4 months ago [–]

The cost is minimal. It also needs to be offset against the cost of maintaining both unless you go app only. Some app seems to wrap a web view anyway.

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