
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I've been warning for years[1] that a web that sucks to use and isn't capable enough is one that loses. The data is unequivocal: between Apple's suppression of the web as a reengagement channel and Reactors making the web feel like tapping through molasses on most phones, we're losing. Badly.
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- According to Statista, only 8% of time-on-device is spent in browsers on phones in the US. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294586/global-time-spent-browsers-and-apps/ (remote)
- eMarketer reports the same, and there's reason to think (from data I no longer have access to) that it's worse, and trending down, world-wide. https://www.emarketer.com/content/the-majority-of-americans-mobile-time-spent-takes-place-in-apps (remote)