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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
That said, I completely understand the attraction of having what amounts to a pretty storefront to interact with the web where it is like her analogy of boutique stores and fancy rich neighborhoods versus the "sweatshops" & "slums" of the internet as she views everything else. This is basically the AOL mentality from the late 90s except Apple actally does a decent job at making the experience better for some rather than worse for all.
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The difference being though that its easy with modern web infrastructure to deliver both. Epicurious, for example, works fine in a browser and draws upon the same database backend in both the app and the browser. It’s opening up more doors for content producers and developers to present information than closing them off, and its also creating a new revenue stream to help finance better content with better interfaces.
It’s also about liberating data from interface paradigms poorly suited to pervasive and mobile use of the web. Try using Epicurious to shop for grocery items as a web page, on a small screen, pinching and zooming and scrolling and dodging banner ads, compared to firing up their app, to get the same data, in an interface that works well with your iPhone. The app puts the information I need in an easy, attractive, and accessible format without tethering me to an interface designed for a keyboard, mouse, and full browser.