Offline-first apps promise instant loading and privacy, but in practice, very few apps get offline support because getting sync right is surprisingly hard.
Well yeah this is the obvious drive-by comment, but there are good technical reasons too, which you might understand better if you had actually clicked on the article, which of course you didn’t, as probably didn’t most of your drive-by upvoters.
Ah, social media. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
I read the article. It says it’s actually pretty easy to solve (I disagree with last write wins, especially given their example, but it’s pretty simple to implement), and doesn’t talk about capitalism at all.
The answer to the headline is just capitalism. It’s not technical difficulty, and this didn’t need a whole article. Every developer already understands this. It’s just not a business priority.
Surveillance Capitalism.
Well yeah this is the obvious drive-by comment, but there are good technical reasons too,
which you might understand better if you had actually clicked on the article, which of course you didn’t,as probably didn’t most of your drive-by upvoters.Ah, social media. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
I read the article. It says it’s actually pretty easy to solve (I disagree with last write wins, especially given their example, but it’s pretty simple to implement), and doesn’t talk about capitalism at all.
The answer to the headline is just capitalism. It’s not technical difficulty, and this didn’t need a whole article. Every developer already understands this. It’s just not a business priority.